'Singhasan khali karo': Tharoor's poetic post as Congress ups ante against CEC
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor and other opposition figures are intensifying their campaign against the BJP government and the Election Commission. The protest, centered on allegations of 'vote theft,' coincides with a march to the Supreme Court.
Why it matters
Reflects the escalating political polarization in India and the opposition's strategy to challenge electoral integrity.
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has backed Rahul Gandhi's call for the ouster of the current BJP government and the poll body chief Gyanesh Kumar. Tharoor shared an excerpt from Ramdhari Singh Dinkar's popular poem, "Jantantra Ka Janm" (The Birth of Democracy)."Singhasan khali karo ki janata aati hai (Vacate the throne, for the people are coming!)," Tharoor shared in a post. Interestingly, these lines long echoed India's political corridors during the JP movement against the national Emergency imposed by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975.Tharoor called it the poem of the day, coinciding with Rahul Gandhi's planned march to the Supreme Court against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, who has been under fire from the opposition over his handling of the contentious Special Intensive Revision (SIR).“This government will go,” Tharoor also said in a previous post.In a show of opposition unity, a large demonstration led by INDIA…
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