New Delhi: Amid a disagreement between the BJP and Congress over the continuing Israel-Hamas battle, Congress chief Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday stated whereas it was not possible to simply accept any type of justification for the fear assault unleashed by the Hamas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assertion on the difficulty was “incomplete”, information company ANI reported.
Tharoor’s comment got here a day after PM Modi expressed solidarity with the individuals of Israel. Taking to X, PM Modi wrote, “Individuals of India stand firmly with Israel on this tough hour. India strongly and unequivocally condemns terrorism in all its kinds and manifestations.”
Talking to the information company, the Thiruvananthapuram MP stated, “All the scenario has been provoked by the shock assault by Hamas throughout the nationwide vacation in Israel. It was a terror operation. They killed harmless civilians, kids, aged individuals, and youth attending a music competition. It actually was not possible to simply accept any justification for what Hamas did. I definitely be a part of within the condemnation of the terrorist act. Whereas we understood the Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) standing up for Israel exhibiting solidarity at the moment of grief and horror, on the identical time, we felt that his assertion was incomplete.”
#WATCH | On the continuing Israel-Palestine battle, Shashi Tharoor says, “To start with all the scenario has been provoked by the shock assault by Hamas throughout the nationwide vacation in Israel… It was a terror operation. They killed harmless civilians, kids, aged… pic.twitter.com/Lwa7yuYEfw
— ANI (@ANI) October 11, 2023
Justifying his comment, Tharoor stated that it’s a “tough scenario” for the Palestinians as nicely, particularly at a time when constructions of latest houses for the Jewish settlers within the occupied territories have been happening unabated during the last a number of years.
“It is a tough scenario for the Palestinians, particularly since settlement constructing, and development of latest houses for Jewish settlers within the occupied territories have been persevering with unabated all these years. I say this solely as a result of for us and the Congress occasion and for historically for India, the place may be very clear. We wish each Israelis and Palestinians to reside in peace and dignity behind safe borders and circumstances the place neither must worry for his or her lives at any time. The demise toll on either side is mounting every single day… We wish to see this matter cease and peace be restored,” Tharoor advised ANI.
Tharoor On CWC Decision
Weighing in on the Congress Working Committee (CWC) decision the place the grand previous occasion reiterated its help for the Palestinians’ proper to “land and self-government”, Tharoor stated, “This CWC assembly was centered principally on home points and centered overwhelmingly on the query of a socio-economic and caste census. And that difficulty dominated the whole lot. Should you’ll keep in mind, Rahul Gandhi’s press convention after the CWC, he did not even point out this (Israel-Hamas) difficulty. It one way or the other got here to the decision in a really transient kind. It’s on no account a form of complete view.”
#WATCH | On Congress CWC decision on Palestine, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor says, “I perceive that the BJP has been making a political level… It’s an evolving image, and our, reactions may also evolve. There’s already a way more detailed assertion by itself. This CWC… pic.twitter.com/JxL9JDM7og
— ANI (@ANI) October 11, 2023
Tharoor on Lok Sabha Elections
The Congress MP additional cited a number of the reason why the individuals mustn’t vote for the BJP within the Lok Sabha elections subsequent yr.
“I’ve to say that there are lots of causes to not vote for the BJP. There may be communal divide, rising unemployment, rising inflation, which hurts the common Indian household… We’re taking a look at a few of the very severe, points that can drive voters in direction of us anyway… I wish to stress that, for us, there are not any magic components, what we’re speaking about is providing simply good governance to the individuals of India,” Tharoor advised the information company.
#WATCH | Congress MP Shashi Tharoor says, “I’ve to say that there are lots of causes to not vote for the BJP. There may be the unlucky taking place of the communal divide. There may be rising unemployment, which is at document ranges. There may be rising inflation, which hurts the common… pic.twitter.com/3uB9fhTJwg
— ANI (@ANI) October 11, 2023
Tharoor On Caste Census
The Congress chief pitched for a caste-based census which is not going to solely give attention to which individuals belongs to which caste but additionally stress on their earnings and social alternatives.
“If we will do a correct census, which can contain social and financial components as nicely, not solely discover out which caste individuals belong, however what they’re incomes and what alternatives they’ve, we are going to discover that there could be a major correlation between marginalization and caste. There could also be a major correlation between alternatives and financial prosperity on the one hand and caste background on the opposite. By which case, we want affirmative motion programmes… Tell us the precise numbers. In any other case, in case you simply invent your individual numbers and provides advantages as you would like, that is not justice,” Tharoor advised ANI.