NEW DELHI: Opposition members in Lok Sabha on Tuesday said the recent Lok Sabha polls were a moral victory for the INDIA bloc as it marked the end of communal politics, downgraded the popularity of PM Modi and forced the govt to depend on crutches of its allies.
Samajwadi Party’s Akhilesh Yadav attacked the govt on several fronts, including unemployment, NEET, Agniveer scheme and poor infrastructure, and questioned the authenticity of electronic voting machines (EVMs).
“I did not trust EVMs yesterday, I don’t trust them today. And even if I win all 80 seats (in Uttar Pradesh), I will not trust EVMs,” said Yadav, adding that the issue of EVMs is not a dead issue for Samajwadis and they would continue to oppose its use.
Participating in the debate on the motion of thanks to the President’s address, TMC member Kalyan Banerjee said the PM now has to use two crutches — Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP and Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) — to run the govt and the recent elections had ushered in a change in the country which now has “an unstable govt and a strong opposition”.
“Earlier, our PM had so much confidence in himself, but not any longer,” said Banerjee. “If you are arrogant, we do not mind. Today, the time has come to oversee yourself. This arrogance, this hatred and this vindictiveness has downgraded the popularity of Narendra Modi,” said the TMC member.
Yadav called June 4, the day the Lok Sabha election results were declared, the day of independence from communal politics for India. “In this election, communal politics has lost forever… This election is a new era of positive politics, pro-Constitution people have won, the Constitution has won… It is the end of top-down politics,” Yadav said.
Referring to BJP’s defeat in UP’s Faizabad constituency that comprises Ayodhya, he said it was perhaps the wish of Lord Ram. “Hoi wahi jo Ram rachi rakha (whatever Ram has planned will happen)… The victory of Ayodhya is the victory of the wisdom of India’s voters,” said the former UP chief minister.
Samajwadi Party’s Akhilesh Yadav attacked the govt on several fronts, including unemployment, NEET, Agniveer scheme and poor infrastructure, and questioned the authenticity of electronic voting machines (EVMs).
“I did not trust EVMs yesterday, I don’t trust them today. And even if I win all 80 seats (in Uttar Pradesh), I will not trust EVMs,” said Yadav, adding that the issue of EVMs is not a dead issue for Samajwadis and they would continue to oppose its use.
Participating in the debate on the motion of thanks to the President’s address, TMC member Kalyan Banerjee said the PM now has to use two crutches — Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP and Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) — to run the govt and the recent elections had ushered in a change in the country which now has “an unstable govt and a strong opposition”.
“Earlier, our PM had so much confidence in himself, but not any longer,” said Banerjee. “If you are arrogant, we do not mind. Today, the time has come to oversee yourself. This arrogance, this hatred and this vindictiveness has downgraded the popularity of Narendra Modi,” said the TMC member.
Yadav called June 4, the day the Lok Sabha election results were declared, the day of independence from communal politics for India. “In this election, communal politics has lost forever… This election is a new era of positive politics, pro-Constitution people have won, the Constitution has won… It is the end of top-down politics,” Yadav said.
Referring to BJP’s defeat in UP’s Faizabad constituency that comprises Ayodhya, he said it was perhaps the wish of Lord Ram. “Hoi wahi jo Ram rachi rakha (whatever Ram has planned will happen)… The victory of Ayodhya is the victory of the wisdom of India’s voters,” said the former UP chief minister.
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