‘Vajpayee’s worst fears have come true’: Mahua Moitra slams BJP for ‘Modi’ Chants in Parliament

On Tuesday Trinamool Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra said that former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s worst fears have come true.

Referring to Vajpayee’s remarks in Parliament in 1972, Mohua Moitra said that the government has turned Parliament into Rome’s Colosseum where the prime minister enters like a gladiator to the chants of ‘Modi, Modi’.

She said, “I would like to quote former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1972 who said in Parliament: These days the atmosphere in New Delhi makes one choke. It is not easy to breathe freely. The chanting of a prime minister’s name on All India Radio from morning to night, saturated propaganda on cinema screens, how can people sitting in the Opposition fight this.”

She further said, “It is India’s greatest tragedy perhaps that the very party Vajpayee ji led as prime minister today leads the government that has turned this very same Parliament into the Colosseum of Rome,”

Mahua Moitra said participating in the discussion on the demands for grants for the ministry of civil aviation 2022-23.

This remark came after BJP members chanted the name of PM Modi in the Lok Sabha when the Budget session resumed after BJP’s resounding victory in four states including Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur.