Via PTI
NEW DELHI: The Congress celebration on Tuesday stated India does no longer want to draw classes from every other nation as many minorities have grow to be the president and leader minister up to now, a observation observed as a rebuff to celebration leaders P Chidambaram and Shashi Tharoor who was hoping India will practice Rishi Sunak’s instance of electing an individual from minorities to the highest put up.
AICC common secretary of communications Jairam Ramesh stated respecting variety has been India’s hallmark for a few years and cited the examples of Zakir Hussain, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed and A P J Abdul Kalam who held the highest constitutional place within the nation for a few years.
After Indian-origin Sunak was once picked as the UK’s subsequent high minister, Chidambaram and Tharoor had stated that “India will have to draw classes from the United Kingdom” and was hoping at some point this tradition could be followed within the nation.
“In our nation, Dr Zakir Hussain first changed into the President in 1967, then Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed changed into the President and Dr Abdul Kalam and if I stay supplying you with examples, Barkatullah Khan changed into leader minister and A R Antulay additionally changed into the executive minister,” Ramesh advised journalists.
Requested concerning the Congress leaders’ remarks, he added, “You will have to ask them. I’m handiest speaking about Bharat Jodo Yatra and I might no longer discuss what different leaders have stated. You will have to ask them on what they’ve stated, I can no longer discuss on every other chief’s remarks.”
“The Congress is a democratic celebration,” the Congress chief stated, including the Bharat Jodo Yatra is “blowing the trumpet of democracy” whilst the Bharatiya Janata Birthday party is “blowing the weapons of autocracy.”
“Those that get a mandate will grow to be high minister. Democratically, if any individual is elected, we should not have an issue. England’s celebration has made him the high minister, we welcome it,” stated Ramesh.
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He stated India has set an instance internationally on celebrating variety and respecting them.
“However, within the closing 8 years what we’ve got observed, I don’t believe we want to draw classes from in different places. Our society is united in variety and we’ve got observed for a few years that we admire variety and provides them equivalent rights and we do not want to search classes from every other nation. Our society shall be bolstered thru variety,” he famous.
The Congress common secretary stated if we suppress variety and check out to deliver uniformity, we will be able to no longer be capable to enhance our society. “Our power is solidarity in variety. I can cross a step additional, as we will be able to stay united thru variety. Bharat Jodo Yatra’s function is that this handiest, to unite the range of various languages, castes and religions.”
Ramesh stated in Karnataka they met some folks a couple of days in the past who discuss a language which doesn’t have a script. “We want to enhance them as they’re additionally Indian electorate.”
Requested particularly about his point out of the closing years of Modi’s rule, he stated, this is as a result of there’s a large distinction between the ideas of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Narendra Modi.
“Vajpayee was once a made from the Nehru generation and he was once very inspired via Jawaharlal Nehru and that’s the fact. However, Narendra Modi is busy handiest with something – the best way to erase the legacy of Jawaharlal Nehru and the best way to end Teenager Murti. Now there shall be Teenager Murti in 10, Downing Boulevard additionally,” Ramesh stated.
Congress leaders P Chidambaram and Shashi Tharoor welcomed the election of Sunak and was hoping at some point this tradition is followed within the nation.
First Kamala Harris, now Rishi Sunak
The folks of the U.S. and the U.Okay have embraced the non-majority electorate in their nations and elected them to prime administrative center in govt
I feel there’s a lesson to realized via India and the events that practise majoritarianism
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) October 24, 2022
If this does occur, I feel all people must recognize that theBrits have performed one thing very uncommon on the earth,to position a member of a visual minority in essentially the most robust administrative center. As we Indians have fun the ascent of @RishiSunak, let’s truthfully ask: can it occur right here? https://t.co/UrDg1Nngfv
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 24, 2022
Sunak will make historical past as Britain’s first Indian-origin Top Minister after being elected unopposed as the brand new chief of the governing Conservative Birthday party on Diwali as Penny Mordaunt withdrew from the race.
This implies the 42-year-old former chancellor, a religious Hindu, is poised to stroll throughout the door of 10 Downing Boulevard in London after an target market with King Charles III in Buckingham Palace. But even so being the primary Hindu Top Minister of Indian heritage, Sunak could also be the youngest in round 200 years at 42 years.
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NEW DELHI: The Congress celebration on Tuesday stated India does no longer want to draw classes from every other nation as many minorities have grow to be the president and leader minister up to now, a observation observed as a rebuff to celebration leaders P Chidambaram and Shashi Tharoor who was hoping India will practice Rishi Sunak’s instance of electing an individual from minorities to the highest put up.
AICC common secretary of communications Jairam Ramesh stated respecting variety has been India’s hallmark for a few years and cited the examples of Zakir Hussain, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed and A P J Abdul Kalam who held the highest constitutional place within the nation for a few years.
After Indian-origin Sunak was once picked as the UK’s subsequent high minister, Chidambaram and Tharoor had stated that “India will have to draw classes from the United Kingdom” and was hoping at some point this tradition could be followed within the nation.
“In our nation, Dr Zakir Hussain first changed into the President in 1967, then Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed changed into the President and Dr Abdul Kalam and if I stay supplying you with examples, Barkatullah Khan changed into leader minister and A R Antulay additionally changed into the executive minister,” Ramesh advised journalists.
Requested concerning the Congress leaders’ remarks, he added, “You will have to ask them. I’m handiest speaking about Bharat Jodo Yatra and I might no longer discuss what different leaders have stated. You will have to ask them on what they’ve stated, I can no longer discuss on every other chief’s remarks.”
“The Congress is a democratic celebration,” the Congress chief stated, including the Bharat Jodo Yatra is “blowing the trumpet of democracy” whilst the Bharatiya Janata Birthday party is “blowing the weapons of autocracy.”
“Those that get a mandate will grow to be high minister. Democratically, if any individual is elected, we should not have an issue. England’s celebration has made him the high minister, we welcome it,” stated Ramesh.READ | Rishi Sunak’s upward push to PM is ‘Obama second for British Hindus’, says UK Hindu temple chief
He stated India has set an instance internationally on celebrating variety and respecting them.
“However, within the closing 8 years what we’ve got observed, I don’t believe we want to draw classes from in different places. Our society is united in variety and we’ve got observed for a few years that we admire variety and provides them equivalent rights and we do not want to search classes from every other nation. Our society shall be bolstered thru variety,” he famous.
The Congress common secretary stated if we suppress variety and check out to deliver uniformity, we will be able to no longer be capable to enhance our society. “Our power is solidarity in variety. I can cross a step additional, as we will be able to stay united thru variety. Bharat Jodo Yatra’s function is that this handiest, to unite the range of various languages, castes and religions.”
Ramesh stated in Karnataka they met some folks a couple of days in the past who discuss a language which doesn’t have a script. “We want to enhance them as they’re additionally Indian electorate.”
Requested particularly about his point out of the closing years of Modi’s rule, he stated, this is as a result of there’s a large distinction between the ideas of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Narendra Modi.
“Vajpayee was once a made from the Nehru generation and he was once very inspired via Jawaharlal Nehru and that’s the fact. However, Narendra Modi is busy handiest with something – the best way to erase the legacy of Jawaharlal Nehru and the best way to end Teenager Murti. Now there shall be Teenager Murti in 10, Downing Boulevard additionally,” Ramesh stated.
Congress leaders P Chidambaram and Shashi Tharoor welcomed the election of Sunak and was hoping at some point this tradition is followed within the nation.
First Kamala Harris, now Rishi Sunak
The folks of the U.S. and the U.Okay have embraced the non-majority electorate in their nations and elected them to prime administrative center in govt
I feel there’s a lesson to realized via India and the events that practise majoritarianism
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) October 24, 2022
If this does occur, I feel all people must recognize that theBrits have performed one thing very uncommon on the earth,to position a member of a visual minority in essentially the most robust administrative center. As we Indians have fun the ascent of @RishiSunak, let’s truthfully ask: can it occur right here? https://t.co/UrDg1Nngfv
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 24, 2022
Sunak will make historical past as Britain’s first Indian-origin Top Minister after being elected unopposed as the brand new chief of the governing Conservative Birthday party on Diwali as Penny Mordaunt withdrew from the race.
This implies the 42-year-old former chancellor, a religious Hindu, is poised to stroll throughout the door of 10 Downing Boulevard in London after an target market with King Charles III in Buckingham Palace. But even so being the primary Hindu Top Minister of Indian heritage, Sunak could also be the youngest in round 200 years at 42 years.
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