During the movement of because of the President’s tackle in Rajya Sabha on Friday, RJD MP Manoj Kumar Jha emphasised the necessity for empathy from the federal government through the pandemic and stated the most important risk to Indian democracy is from “hero worship”.
Jha accused the federal government of dividing the nation on the strains of faith. He additionally stated those that tried to mess with the texts of the previous ended up within the footnotes of historical past.
“I’m stunned that Pakistan does not combat elections in our (India’s) title, however our elections are in Pakistan’s title…World historical past is witness that whoever has tried to mess with the texts of the previous, tried to vary them, ended up within the footnotes of historical past. History did not change,” he stated.
Jha additionally spoke of the current protest by railway-job aspirants for the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB).
“The President spends his day talking to his advisors, watching television, checking social media and having discussions. Does he not feel that the country’s visuals are not great. Tear gas on students…what were they demanding? They weren’t asking for the moon. They were asking for jobs. Not the ones paying Rs 2 crore, they said give us whatever is left. You lathi charged them. I think if the President’s address doesn’t have these worries, then the speech just feels like a piece of paper,” he stated.
He stated the President’s speech ought to be a non-partisan doc. “The President is the President of the country. His concerns should be the country’s concerns,” he stated.
Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi throughout robust nations can’t be constructed by insecure governments however can solely be constructed the place each its strengths and weaknesses are stored in entrance of the nation.
“We heard the President’s speech with quite a lot of consideration…after listening to his speech it felt like our nation has entered a golden period; our youth may be very pleased, they’ve jobs, our girls are very pleased, they’re secure and politically empowered. It felt just like the widespread man has no problems with any variety,” she stated.
“But the reality is in entrance of the nation, and I hope and imagine that robust nations are usually not constructed by insecure governments or insecure management. Strong nations can solely be constructed the place we are able to preserve each our good and dangerous bits in entrance of the nation.”
Chaturvedi stated the President’s speech didn’t point out the farmers who had died through the farmers’ protest in opposition to Centre’s farm Bills.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
