Leaders across party lines continue with their speeches on Constitution Day.
Congress’ Mallikarjun Kharge Targets Modi
Kharge says, “The prime minister must crack the whip on his partymen making irresponsible statements. He must condemn and advice them against such statements”.
“If the government does not agree with the views of a minister, who is also a former army man for instance, then the prime minister should say so”.
Mallikarjun Kharge, leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, rakes up Rajnath Singh’s comment this morning on the Preamble.
Kharge says, “There is an advertisement this morning with the photo of the prime minister and Dr BR Amdedkar with the Preamble. But then the home minister made that comment on the word ‘secular’ on the floor of the House”.
Paswan’s One Line Advice to Modi and Sonia
LJP Leader Ram Vilas Pawan makes a speech in the Lok Sabha about the constitution to mark Constitution Day.
Paswan said, “The government must keep a balance between the rich and the poor people of the country. The rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer is not the way to be”.
He also referred to Sonia Gandhi’s speech where she quoted Ambedkar and said, “No matter how good the constitution, the end result will be bad if the executioners do a bad job”. He said he is aware of that truth and had seen it during Indira Gandhi’s Emergency.
As Lok Sabha session resumes, BJD leader Tathagata Satpathy says, “The home minister today said that wielding a broom is new to India. The King of Puri cleaned Lord Jagannath’s passage. We learned that our rulers must be humble”.
“When my mother was Chief Minister she cleaned her own room. So it is not new to India”.
He also spoke of the Rajnath Singh’s comments on the word secular. “I do not speak Hindi so I do not know. But let’s not have a miopic view of secularism. Let’s not say that when translated into Hindi, a certain word becomes perverted”.