It is wrong for the government to intrude into people's bedrooms, kitchens and dining rooms, he said.
New Delhi:
The government is -"severely beginning-" to limit the notion of liberty that is mentioned in the Constitution by -"intruding into people's bedrooms, kitchens and dining rooms-", says Congress leader Shashi Tharoor.
-"It is wrong for the government to intrude into people's bedrooms, kitchens and dining rooms.
-"It is actually severely beginning to limit the notion of liberty that is mentioned in our Constitution as one of its first purposes,-" the Lok Sabha member from Thiruvananthapuram told PTI in an interview.
On the surgical strikes, the former Minister of State for External Affairs said these have -"relieved a lot of pent-up frustration that had been mounting about the perception that Pakistan was repeatedly hitting us getting away with impunity-".
He, however, termed as an -"unfortunate-" aspect the -"chest thumping and triumphalism from the ruling party-" on the strikes.
He also said that under this government -"we are hearing of a version of nationalism that seeks to promote a narrow-minded form of bigotry as a form of nationalism that is actually a betrayal of the sense of the nation as one that incorporates everyone-".
-"We are told that we must take pride in certain things. But I take pride in an India that absorbs, embraces and that is inclusive and not an India that is narrow-minded, divisive and that which excludes others,-" he said.
In such a scenario, he said, it won't be long before the Narendra Modi government loses its mandate.
-"People want actual results on the ground. They have been promised jobs and acche din, which are not coming. There is a clear message coming to the government that its days are numbered,-" he said.
On the prospects of Congress, he said, -"I see Congress coming back to power in 2019 perhaps not alone but with others.
-"It is very clear that this government is not fulfilling the promises that led to it being elected.-"
According to Tharoor, the Indian voters are getting more and more impatient with -"slogans and speeches-".
-"Just as the Bible says man cannot live by bread alone, the Indian voters are saying 'we cannot live by slogans, speeches or sound bites alone',-" he said.
