In a sharp response to the Centre’s decision to observe June 25 as Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas, the Congress on Friday suggested that June 4 be observed as “ModiMukti Diwas,” citing it as the day marking the moral defeat of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In the Lok Sabha elections, whose results were declared on June 4, the BJP won only 240 seats, falling short of majority by 32 seats. However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi formed his third successive government with the support of his NDA allies. The Opposition’s INDIA bloc described the loss of seats as a moral defeat for PM Modi.
“Yet another headline-grabbing exercise in hypocrisy by the non-biological PM who had imposed an undeclared Emergency for ten long years before the people of India handed him a decisive personal, political, and moral defeat on June 4, 2024 – which will go down in history as ModiMukti Diwas,” Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh wrote on X.
“This is a non-biological PM who has subjected the Constitution of India and its principles, values, and institutions to systematic assault. This is a non-biological PM whose ideological parivar had rejected the Constitution of India in Nov 1949 on the grounds that it did not derive inspiration from Manusmriti. This is a non-biological PM for whom democracy means only demo-kursi,” he added further.
Yet another headline grabbing exercise in hypocrisy by the non-biological PM who had imposed an undeclared Emergency for ten long years before the people of India handed him a decisive personal, political, and moral defeat on June 4, 2024 – which will go down in history as…
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) July 12, 2024
