"Weapons Of Mass Distraction": Shashi Tharoor Says Centre Driving Away Focus From Price Rise
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Shashi Tharoor said that the government should have had the courage to listen to a serious debate on fuel price rise and consumer inflation.
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday accused the Centre of driving away the focus from fuel price rise and consumer inflation, saying that though Lok Sabha passed a bill on Weapons of Mass Destruction, the government's real strength is its "weapons of mass distraction".
Taking to Twitter, Mr Tharoor said that instead of adjourning Parliament two days early, the government should have had the courage to listen to a serious debate on fuel price rise and consumer inflation.
"It's clear that GOI doesn't want to discuss prices at any price!" the MP from Thiruvananthapuram said.
"Though LS passed a Bill on Weapons of Mass Destruction, GOI's real strength is its Weapons of Mass Distraction. Aided & abetted by a complicit media, pointless controversies over halal, hijab & azaan have driven away the focus from price rise," he said in another tweet.
