Moments after Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech urged people to fight ‘parivarvad’, the opposition parties including Congress reacted very sharply saying the BJP, too, has many dynasts and that nepotism is not possible in electoral politics as the leaders will have to secure the mandate of the people.
Congress leader Alka Lamba hit out at the Centre for fighting the ‘one family’. In a tweet, she said the central government was fighting only one family, which is fighting against inflation and unemployment. “Together, they will fight only “one family”. Together, you all keep giving strength to that ‘one family’. So that they keep fighting the battle of inflation and unemployment with all their might for 130 crore families. In the end, the family members of 130 crores are sure to win,” she said.
PM Modi while addressing the nation earlier in the day said the country had two major challenges – corruption and nepotism. He said our many institutions are affected by the family rule, it harms our talent, the nation’s capabilities and gives rise to corruption. “When I talk about nepotism, people think I am talking about politics only. No, unfortunately that evil in the political field has nurtured familism in every institution of India,” he said from Red Fort.
TMC MP Saugata Roy also responded to PM Modi’s nepotism charge saying the BJP has leaders like Jyotiraditya Scindia who comes from a political family, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s son is an MLA. He also said Home Minister Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah is in a powerful position.
