New Delhi: During the motion of thanks to the Presidentโs address in Rajya Sabha on Friday, RJD MP Manoj Kumar Jha emphasised the need for empathy from the government during the pandemic and said the biggest threat to Indian democracy is from โhero worshipโ.
Jha accused the government of dividing the country on the lines of religion. He also said those who tried to mess with the texts of the past ended up in the footnotes of history.
โIโm surprised that Pakistan doesnโt fight elections in our (Indiaโs) name, but our elections are in Pakistanโs nameโฆWorld history is witness that whoever has tried to mess with the texts of the past, tried to change them, ended up in the footnotes of history. History didnโt change,โ he said.
Jha also spoke of the recent protest by railway-job aspirants for the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB).
โThe President spends his day talking to his advisors, watching television, checking social media and having discussions. Does he not feel that the countryโs visuals are not great. Tear gas on studentsโฆwhat were they demanding? They werenโt 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 Presidentโs address doesnโt have these worries, then the speech just feels like a piece of paper,โ he said.
He said the Presidentโs speech should be a non-partisan document. โThe President is the President of the country. His concerns should be the countryโs concerns,โ he said.
Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi during strong nations cannot be built by insecure governments but can only be built where both its strengths and weaknesses are kept in front of the country.
โWe heard the Presidentโs speech with a lot of attentionโฆafter listening to his speech it felt like our country has entered a golden era; our youth is very happy, they have jobs, our women are very happy, they are safe and politically empowered. It felt like the common man has no issues of any kind,โ she said.
โBut the truth is in front of the country, and I hope and believe that strong nations are not built by insecure governments or insecure leadership. Strong nations can only be built where we can keep both our good and bad bits in front of the country.โ
Chaturvedi said the Presidentโs speech did not mention the farmers who had died during the farmersโ protest against Centreโs farm Bills.
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