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Forced to join a debate in Parliament on the opening of the Ram Temple, the Congress and a handful of other opposition parties – many from the INDIA bloc did not participate in the discussions in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha – accused the BJP of spreading hatred and animosity in the name of Ram and using religion to secure power but skirted the issue of thinning of the line that demarcates religion and state.
Forced to join adebate in Parliament on the opening of the Ram Temple, the Congress and a handful of other opposition parties – many from the INDIA blocdid not participate in the discussions in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha – accused the BJP of spreading hatred and animosity in the name of Ram and using religion to secure power but skirted the issue of thinning of the line that demarcates religion and state.
The Congress Working Committee (CWC)’s member and the party’s national spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi is a three-time Rajya Sabha MP and an eminent lawyer. He is currently also the chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committees on Home Affairs, Law, and Commerce. In an interview with The Indian Express, Singhvi speaks on various burning issues, ranging from the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) to the Gyanvapi and Mathura disputes. Excerpts:
Speaking in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a pointed attack on the Congress. He said the party never considered B R Ambedkar worthy of the Bharat Ratna and kept giving the honour to their “own family members”. He said the Congress, which named parks, streets, and squares after its “family members”, is now giving the BJP advice and lessons on social justice.
Setting the tone for the upcoming general elections and picking up from where he left off in the Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday continued his attacks on the Congress – challenging the Opposition party on all issues that it has made the centre of its Lok Sabha campaign.
On a day Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar snapped his ties with the Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) and rejoined the BJP-led NDA, JD(U) national spokesperson and political advisor K C Tyagi speaks to The Indian Express on a range of issues related to Nitish’s move and its ramifications for the Opposition INDIA bloc. Excerpts:
The journey of the Opposition INDIA alliance began at his official residence seven months ago. As Nitish Kumar walked out of the alliance Sunday to return to the BJP-led NDA, the leaders of the embattled Opposition coalition were clearly at their wits’ end despite sensing the Bihar situation over the last few days. The biggest setback though is for the Congress.
As the Opposition INDIA bloc lurches from one crisis to another, the Congress on Saturday admitted that the optics regarding the alliance had taken a hit because of the rumblings in the alliance even as it expressed confidence about placating West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee and sealing seat-sharing arrangements with other allies in a couple of days.