In India, the first session of Parliament ended this week in tumult. Since the elections that ended on June 4, the opposition has strengthened in the New Delhi Assembly. Narendra Modi’s BJP and the opposition parties have therefore clashed vehemently on many issues.
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From our correspondent in Bangalore,
Newly appointed leader of the opposition, Rahul Gandhi of the Congress party has led the charge in the lower house of parliament against the Hindu nationalist party’s record. You claim to defend Hinduism, but you only sow hatred, lies, violence. Not the search for truth and peace! So you are not Hindus ” he exclaimed.
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Statements that were met with jeers from the BJP, several of whose MPs then demonstrated outside Parliament, saying they felt their faith had been insulted.
Many hot topics have resonated in Parliament this week: the recent cancellations of student exams due to cheating and the ethnic conflict in Manipur, which in just over a year has left 71 people dead.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 543 parliamentarians at the close of the session and tried to answer them. Right now there are floods in Manipur and the central and local governments are working together. To address these deep problems, we all need to rise above political posturing. ” pleaded Narendra Modi.
One thing is certain, after ten years of a Parliament dominated by a single party, parliamentary life promises to be very different with this new mandate of Narendra Modi, who only has a relative majority.