Govt giving 'partition of India's soul': Tharoor

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday attacked the government in Lok Sabha for "partition of India's soul" in 2020 and slammed its "failures" on various fronts, saying it should name its schemes "sit-down" "shutdown" and "shut-up India".

Alleging a fundamental assault on democratic and secular structure of the country, he claimed that the government was dividing the country into "Hindus Vs Muslims", "us Vs they", "Ramzade Vs I won't say".

The present dispensation was abrogating its moral responsibility of dealing with the "constitutional and political crisis" facing the country, Tharoor said while participating in the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President's address.

Wondering who actually was the 'tukde tukde gang', the Thiruvananthapuram MP said in 1947 India witnessed partition of its soil and in 2020, the government is giving "partition of India's soul".

Taking a swipe, he said government schemes should really be named as "sit-down India, shutdown India and shut-up India"