Opposition trying to set ‘wrong traditions’: BJP
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The BJP on Friday accused the Opposition of trying to set “wrong traditions” by boycotting President Ram Nath Kovind’s deal with to each Houses of Parliament on the graduation of the Budget Session. It stated the Congress’s condemnation of the violence on the Red Fort on Republic Day was mere “tokenism.”
Speaking exterior Parliament, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad stated, “today’s budget session commenced with the President’s address, but it is really unfortunate that the entire Opposition boycotted it.”
“The President of India is above political differences, he is the constitutional head. Respecting him in his address is healthy practice of democracy. It is unfortunate that the Opposition, especially the Congress who governed the country for 50 years, boycotted it. What tradition are they establishing?” he acknowledged.
The Congress members, of whose main household, the Nehru-Gandhis, had for generations unfurled the National Flag at Red Fort on Independence Day as prime ministers had failed to correctly condemn the siege of Red Fort by protesters on Republic Day. “I regret to say that except for tokenism, there was no real condemnation of the defilement of the Red Fort on that [January 26] day by the Congress,” he stated.
BJP nationwide common secretary Bhupendra Yadav stated, “President of India represents rule of the public. The Opposition has disrespected the public by boycotting his Parliament speech. They failed in governance and are now failing as a responsible opposition”.
The authorities has been going through a protesting Opposition from day one of many Budget Session, with the boycott of the President’s deal with to each Houses of Parliament and shouting of slogans as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey.