PM Modi does ‘Pariksha pe Charcha’, but says nothing on NEET paper leak: Sonia Gandhi | India News

Congress Rajya Sabha MP Sonia Gandhi said that PM Modi was organising ‘Pariksha pe Charcha’ but remained silent on the leak of NEET exam papers. Gandhi also questioned the stand of PM Modi and his government on the Manipur violence.

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi. (File photo, credit: PTI)

New Delhi: Congress Parliamentary Party President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi for favoring “confrontation” over consensus in politics. Gandhi said the Prime Minister did not understand the people’s verdict after the Lok Sabha elections.

In an editorial in The Hindu newspaper, Gandhi said: “The prime minister continues as if nothing has changed. He preaches the value of consensus but continues to value confrontation.

“‘There is not a shred of evidence that he (Prime Minister Narendra Modi)…understood the verdict and reflected on the message sent to him by millions of voters,” the statement reads further. article.

Sonia Gandhi has clashed with the Prime Minister Modi-led central government on issues ranging from the Lok Sabha election results to the ongoing row over leaked NEET exam papers. Here are the highlights of Sonia Gandhi’s article.

PM Modi continues as if nothing has changed: Sonia Gandhi

On June 4, 2024, the verdict of our country’s voters was delivered clearly and resoundingly. It marked a personal, political and moral defeat for a Prime Minister who had granted himself godlike status during the campaign. The verdict not only denies such claims, but it also constitutes an unequivocal rejection of the politics of division, discord and hatred, a rejection of both the substance and style of governance of Mr. Narendra Modi.

Yet the Prime Minister continues as if nothing had changed. He advocates the value of consensus but continues to value confrontation. There is no evidence that he accepted the election result, understood the verdict and reflected on the message sent to him by millions of voters. The first few days of the 18th Lok Sabha were unfortunately far from encouraging. Any hope of a change in attitude has vanished. Any hope of a new spirit of mutual respect and understanding, not to mention camaraderie, has been dashed.

Election of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and functioning of Parliament

I would like to remind readers what the INDIA bloc parties said to the Prime Minister when his emissaries were seeking unanimity for the post of President. The answer was simple and straightforward: we said we would support the government — but, in accordance with convention and tradition, it was entirely right and normal that the post of vice-president should be entrusted to an MP from the ranks of the opposition. . This entirely reasonable request was deemed unacceptable by a regime which, it should be remembered, had not filled the constitutional post of Deputy Speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha.

The parties of the INDIA bloc have made it clear that they are not looking for a confrontational attitude. Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has offered his cooperation. The leaders of the constituents of the alliance have made it clear that they are looking for productivity in Parliament and impartiality in conducting its business.

PM Modi, Om Birla mention ’emergency’

The state of emergency has been raised by the Prime Minister and his party – surprisingly, even by the President, whose position is incompatible with any public political position other than strict impartiality. This attempt to divert attention from the attacks on the Constitution, on its fundamental principles and values, on the institutions it created and empowered, does not bode well for the proper functioning of Parliament.

It is a historical fact that in March 1977 the people of our country pronounced a categorical verdict on the state of emergency, which was accepted without hesitation and unequivocally. The fact that less than three years later, the party humiliated in March 1977 returned to power, with a majority never before achieved by Mr. Modi and his party, is also an integral part of this story.

PM Modi’s silence on NEET paper leak

When it comes to the NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) scandal that has upended the lives of hundreds of thousands of young people, the immediate response of the Education Minister has been to deny the magnitude of what has happened. The Prime Minister, who is doing his ‘Pariksha pe Charcha’, has remained conspicuously silent on the leaks that have devastated so many families across the country. The inevitable ‘high-level committees’ have been constituted, but the real issue is how the professionalism of educational institutions like the National Council of Educational Research and Training, the University Grants Commission and the universities themselves have been so deeply damaged in the last decade.

Violence in Manipur

In February 2022, the BJP and its allies won a convincing majority in the Manipur legislative elections. Yet, within 15 months, Manipur began to burn – or rather, the country was allowed to burn. Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands displaced. Social harmony in this highly sensitive state has been broken. However, the Prime Minister found neither the time nor the inclination to visit the state or meet its political leaders. It is no wonder that his party lost both Lok Sabha seats, but that does not seem to have had any impact on his highly callous handling of the crisis that has engulfed Manipur’s diverse society.

The Prime Minister was weakened by the campaign he led for more than forty days. His comments have caused incalculable damage to our social fabric and to the dignity of the office he is privileged to hold. It is up to him to reflect, to introspect and recognize that by rejecting his call for over 400 parliamentary seats, millions of our citizens – to whom he promises sabka saath, sabka vikas – have sent a powerful message, namely that they had had enough.