'Strange dichotomy' between what PM chants and his party propagates: Congress

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ANI New Delhi
Last Updated : Feb 24 2016 | 12:57 PM IST

Launching a frontal attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government, the Congress party on Wednesday said there is a 'strange dichotomy' in this government in what the Prime Minister chants and what his cohorts preaches.

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"There is a strange dichotomy in this government, the Prime Minister chants make in India' his party propagates 'hate in India'. The prime minister raises slogans of 'start up India' their ideological fellow travelers interpreted as 'break up India'. So there is a inherent contradiction in this government itself," Congress leader Manish Tewari told ANI here.

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"The manner in which they have gone after universities and educational institutions beginning with the FTII in Pune, the Hyderabad central university and now the Jawaharlal University. They want to assault and subvert the very liberal idea of India which cannot be permitted under any circumstances," he added.

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Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge has submitted an adjournment motion notice in the Lok Sabha on the Jawaharlal Nehru University stand-off and the suicide case of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula.

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"We have given adjournment motion, if the speaker gives permission, then we will discuss about it," Kharge told ANI here.

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Discussions on the current state of unrest at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and the furore over Hyderabad University scholar Rohith Vemula will be held in the Rajya Sabha today.

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First Published: Feb 24 2016 | 12:46 PM IST

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