In a sharp rebuttal from the BJP camp, MP Babu Ram Nishad attributes Congress leader Digvijay Singh’s dire warnings about democracy’s peril to sheer frustration over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s transformative governance.
Singh’s recent outburst highlighted a supposed threat to the syncretic ethos built post-1947. He blamed radical elements for inciting Hindu-Muslim discord, claiming the harmonious environment is crumbling under religious polarization.
Nishad counters that Singh’s real anxiety stems from welfare reaching the grassroots—villages, farmers, workers, and the underprivileged—via Modi’s strategic budgets. ‘Congress thrived on division: caste, appeasement, parochialism, feudalism. Those days are gone,’ Nishad declared, pointing to India’s economic renaissance.
Fellow BJP MP Gulam Ali Khatana piled on, recalling Congress-era riots as unmatched in scale. ‘What can Digvijay teach us?’ he scoffed. Addressing the pandemonium over Rahul Gandhi’s China comments in Parliament, Khatana stressed decorum: ‘As Leader of Opposition, Gandhi must speak within bounds. Others emulate him; indiscipline from the top disrupts proceedings.’
As accusations fly, the political discourse reveals Congress’s struggle against Modi’s momentum. BJP positions development as the ultimate verdict, challenging opponents to match delivery over despair.