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This is an archive article published on February 27, 2015

Aggressive Opp reminds govt of Delhi drubbing

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s remarks put Modi, NDA on the defensive.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP-led NDA government came under attack from the Opposition benches in the Lok Sabha Thursday with several MPs questioning the functioning of the government and its alleged silence over controversial remarks made by its associates. They also reminded BJP of the drubbing it had received in the recent Delhi Assembly elections.

Asking the PM to understand that the country has a parliamentary form of democracy, All-India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MP from Hyderabad Asaduddin Owaisi asked: “Why is he (the PM) reducing his own ministers to the status of ciphers?”

He then quoted Dr B R Ambedkar to say that “bhakti in religion may be a road to salvation of soul, but in politics, bhakti, or hero worship, is a sure road to degradation and eventual dictatorship”. Pointing to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s recent remarks on Mother Teresa, the AIMIM leader questioned the credibility of the PM’s remarks on freedom of religion.

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Indian Union Muslim League MP from Malappuram E Ahamed said Modi’s remarks about his government’s commitment to freedom of faith “have been negated by the subsequent statements made by his own party people”.

Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee said: “They (BJP leaders) have the power so they can bulldoze everything… they can put people in jail and shut the mouths of persons who oppose them. This is the ruling BJP. Delhi has given a lesson in the form of the election result. Bihar is waiting. In 2016. we will show you what Mamata Banerjee is.”

Congress MP Jyotiraditya Scindia said: “Delhi’s citizens demolished the illusions you were trying to create… You talked of a ‘Congress-mukt Bharat’. These polls have created a ‘BJP-mukt Delhi’.”

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