Moitra said in the House on Tuesday, 'Vajpayee's bad fear has come true. Amidst the slogans of Modi-Modi, the Prime Minister enters the House like a warrior. The government has turned the parliament into the Colosseum of Rome.
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has objected to the slogans of 'Modi-Modi' in the Lok Sabha. For this, former PM Late. Remarks of Atal Bihari Vajpayee mentioned.
Moitra said in the House on Tuesday, 'Vajpayee's bad fear has come true. Amidst the slogans of Modi-Modi, the Prime Minister enters the House like a warrior. The government has turned the parliament into the Colosseum of Rome.
Moitra quoted Vajpayee's remarks made in Parliament in 1972 to make his point. According to Moitra, Vajpayee had said, 'The atmosphere of New Delhi is getting suffocated these days. It is not easy to breathe freely.
Chanting the name of a Prime Minister from morning till night on All India Radio, continuous propaganda on the cinema screen, how can people sitting in opposition fight this.
Joining the discussion on the Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Civil Aviation for the year 2022-23, Moitra said that it is perhaps India's biggest tragedy that the party which Vajpayeeji led as Prime Minister, today presented Parliament to the Colosseum in Rome. driving like.'
Moitra made this remark in an indirect reference to PM Modi's cheers in the Lok Sabha at the start of the second phase of the budget session of Parliament after the BJP's victory in four states. In five state elections, BJP has got the historic victory in UP, Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur. BJP is angry with this.
Vajpayee had said in 1972 that
"The election results have placed extraordinary power and authority in the hands of the Prime Minister". All power is concentrated in New Delhi. Union ministers have been confined to the courtiers in the Delhi Durbar.
The Prime Minister's Secretariat has become a parallel cabinet. The Prime Minister is standing on the summit and his companions are lying at his feet. Isn't this situation fraught with the dangerous prospect of one man being installed as a dictator?
These days the atmosphere in New Delhi is suffocating. It is difficult to breathe freely. Raising dissent is seen as rebellion. Chanting of Prime Minister's name on All India Radio from morning till night, continuous campaigning on cinema screens, how can people sitting in opposition fight with this?'
The Colosseum in Rome, Italy, is the largest theatre of the Roman Empire. It is considered the finest specimen of Roman architecture and engineering.
Its construction was started by the then ruler Vespasian between 70th - 72nd AD and it was completed by Emperor Titus in 80th AD. The building is named after the Amphitheaterum Flavium, the family name of Vespion and Titus, Flavius.