'Hamesha der kar deta hoon...': Tharoor quotes Niazi to target PM's paper leak response
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor used a poetic couplet to criticize the Prime Minister's response to the NEET paper leak as being too little, too late. The critique aligns with broader opposition efforts to hold the government accountable for the exam controversy.
Why it matters
It illustrates the use of cultural and literary references in Indian political discourse to frame government policy as ineffective.
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday took a poetic swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement on paper leak cases, using a famous couplet by Pakistani Urdu poet Munir Niazi to suggest that the government's response had come too late.Responding to the Prime Minister's action plan aimed at safeguarding the "future and welfare" of the country's youth, the Thiruvananthapuram MP posted on X: "Hamesha der kar deta hoon main har kaam karne mein, Zaroori baat kehni ho, koi vaada nibhana ho."Through the couplet, Tharoor criticised what the Congress has described as the Centre's delayed response to the ongoing student protests triggered by the NEET paper leak in May.With the post, the Thiruvananthapuram MP joined other Congress leaders in attacking the Centre, choosing poetry as a vehicle for his criticism.Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Modi directly addressed students…
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