After taking oath, Cong MP from TN Sasikanth Senthil raised a slogan against atrocities on minorities, Dalits and Adivasis. The EX-civil servant speaks to Nikhila Henry Why did you raise the slogan? For the past ten years the government has been peddling violence against the most oppressed of people. I asked them to stop this kind of politics. What kind of politics are you referring to? Winning and losing in elections is one thing, but pitting people against people is not good governance. It shows the government’s authoritarian tendency. Can you list a few things the government should stop? The government should stop bulldozing people’s homes. That is not justice. It should stop changing the lifestyles of Adivasis and Dalits. Why raise the slogan during the oath, though? When we are taking the oath by the Constitution, what else do we mean? We mean we will stand by the most downtrodden of people. Hence the slogan was apt at the time. What would you want to do to stop atrocities? As an MP I will stand with the vulnerable people. I will raise my voice against atrocities. I will stand by the Constitution.
