Centre failed India: Kanimozhi in Lok Sabha debate on Operation Sindoor
Kanimozh took potshots at the BJP for its frequent criticism of Jawaharlal Nehru, adding that the Opposition was no less patriotic
DMK MP K Kanimozhi, taking part in the special discussion on Operation Sindoor in Lok Sabha on Tuesday (July 29), said there would have been no need for a Parliamentary delegation if the BJP-led government at the Centre had not failed the country.
'Thanks govt'
The DMK MP thanked the government for choosing Opposition MPs as members of delegations for Operation Sindoor's global outreach, but asserted that some opportunities are not to be celebrated but mourned.
"For the first time, the BJP has shown some confidence in the Opposition and sent us out as leaders or part of delegations to represent the country. I want to thank them, but I would like to say that if the opportunity to lead these delegations had not arisen, we would have been happier and more grateful," said Kanimozhi.
"Why did these delegations have to go, why did the attacks have to happen...some opportunities are not to be celebrated but to be mourned..they arose because peace has failed us and it stems from the deepest of pain," she added.
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'Vishwaguru failed us'
"We had to go because you have failed the people of India. The vishwaguru has failed us...today it has become a blame game. Even today, the home minister, in his speech, only concentrated on blaming the Opposition," she said.
“We had to go because you have failed India,” she said. Referring to the Home Minister’s remark that the BJP would remain in power for the next 20 years, she responded, "We don’t mind sitting in the Opposition for 20 years, because the will of the people is supreme and we will bow to it. But it should be the people who make us sit in the Opposition—not the Election Commission or the SIR (Special Intensive Revision)."
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'Opposition no less patriotic'
The DMK MP also said that the Opposition was no less patriotic. “When you (the government) called for an all-party meeting, we in the Opposition came and said we stand with the government,” she said.
She also took pot shots at the BJP for its frequent criticism of Jawaharlal Nehru, saying even the Congress does not remember the former Prime Minister as much as the BJP does.
“Even Congress doesn’t remember Congress as much as you do. But I want to thank you for that — because of you, people in Tamil Nadu have gone back to reading about Periyar and Ambedkar, and people everywhere have returned to reading Nehru,” added Kanimozhi.
(With agency inputs)