Shashi Tharoor  |  Photo Credit: Twitter
New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, on Monday, said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is dividing the country on the basis of religion, language, and north-south. In response to PM Narendra Modi’s speech in the Lok Sabha, the Thiruvananthapuram MP said that the Congress party should be flattered as a large part of PM Narendra Modi’s speech in the Lok Sabha was devoted to attacking the Congress.
“I had said a few years ago that the real ‘tukde-tukde’ gang is BJP that has divided Hindus-Muslims on the basis of religion, separated people on language lines, divided North-South India…BJP is doing these divisions,” Tharoor said.
“His entire speech was an attack on the Congress party. It was a very political speech with a large portion devoted to attacking Congress… I suppose we ought to be flattered that he sees us this way,” Tharoor was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
Divide and rule policy in Congress’ DNA: PM
On Monday, in his reply to the President’s address in the Parliament, PM Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on the Congress party and said that the ‘divide and rule’ policy was in their DNA. Slamming the party for hurting the Tamil sentiments, PM also went on to talk about inflation and also referred to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s statements regarding inflation.
In an indirect attack on Rahul Gandhi, who, in his speech in the Parliament had alleged that the BJP was dividing the country, PM said that the Congress party was the leader of the ‘tukde-tukde’ gang.