As the special session of the Parliament commenced on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Lok Sabha. In his speech, he bid farewell to the old Parliament and traced the nearly eighty-decade journey of the building that also summed up the country’s journey following Independence from British rule. He added this moment is an occasion to remember everyone who has been a part of the Parliament’s history journey.

Several opposition leaders appreciated the Prime Minister’s speech. However, they pointed out that it was selective. While NCP Leader Supriya Sule noted that BJP forgot Supriya Sule and Arun Jaitley, Shashi Tharoor underlined that the speech was selective and that PM Modi did not talk about the rights given to people during the former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government.

Appreciating PM Modi’s speech where he hailed that governance is continuity and that various people have contributed over the last decades, NCP leader Supriya Sule remarked that she would like to put on record two people who have not been mentioned by the BJP today. Taking the names of Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, she expressed that she still feels that they were one of the tallest leaders and extraordinary parliamentarians who they looked up to. She added that the ruling party constantly talked about cooperative federalism. She further mentioned that it is not about this side or that side, good work has to be established. 

Meanwhile, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was selective in his speech in the Parliament and did not talk about the rights given to people during the Manmohan Singh government. He added that as PM Modi said, the old building is full of memories. He continued that they were all a bit confused as to why it is necessary to hold a special session as there are a lot of bills that they have been talking about and could have been introduced later. He commented that it now became clear that the government wanted to make a special moment out of shifting from one building to another.

In addition, commenting on the Prime Minister’s address at Parliament Special Session, Rajasthan Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra noted that PM Narendra Modi does not talk about the promises he made before becoming a Prime Minister. He added that Narendra Modi will not talk about the problems of the country, underlining that he should talk about inflation, unemployment, China grabbing land etc. He concluded that PM Modi called for a special session but was unable to tell an agenda.

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