Political speech to praise PM: Opposition on President’s address to both Houses of Parliament

“Propaganda and advertisement of Modi ji appeared in the speech and the entire speech was political. There was no vision in the speech. There was no mention of what the government is going to do for dalits, deprived sections and tribals,” Kharge said. The President’s address passed by the Union Cabinet was only a praise of the Modi government, he said.

Murmu did not say anything on the issue of rampant unemployment, unbridled inflation and the deep chasm of growing inequality, Kharge said, adding this was because the Modi government has not done anything in the past 10 years towards solving these issues.

Kharge also said that the President could have at least appealed for restoration of peace in Manipur but there was no mention of the violence in her address. “For these reasons, with full respect to His Excellency the President, we reject this eulogising address written by the Modi government,” Kharge said.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said, “It was a typical speech you expect from a government before the elections. They have written an election speech for the President to deliver…This is a one-sided narrative…”

CPI general secretary D Raja said the President’s address has become an occasion to hide failures of the Modi government.