He hoped that this would put an end to the BJP's pointless name-changing game...
Digital Desk: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor proposed on Wednesday that the opposition alliance known as the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) should be renamed as BHARAT, which stands for "Betterment, Harmony, And Responsible Advancement for Tomorrow."
He hoped that this would put an end to the BJP's pointless name-changing game. His suggestion came amid a heated argument between the BJP and the Congress after the President's office issued invitations for the G20 dinner on September 9 using the phrase 'President of Bharat' instead of the usual 'President of India'.
Tharoor posted on X, “We could of course call ourselves the Alliance for Betterment, Harmony And Responsible Advancement for Tomorrow (BHARAT). Then perhaps the ruling party might stop this fatuous game of changing names.”
During their second meeting in Bengaluru, Karnataka, on July 17 and 18, the Congress-led opposition parties named their alliance INDIA. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had previously criticised the INDIA alliance, claiming that the names of the banned terrorist organisation Indian Mujahideen and the colonial East India Company both contained the word INDIA.
Before responding to the opposition parties' no-confidence motion, the Prime Minister also criticised them. He claimed that it demonstrated their lack of trust in one another since they wanted to know who was with them and who wasn't.
He addressed his party's MPs during the BJP parliamentary gathering, calling the opposition alliance 'ghamandia' (meaning arrogant) and praising his party's Rajya Sabha members for their "semi-final" victory in voting on the Delhi services bill.
The Congress and other opposition parties have responded against the BJP for associating INDIA with the East India Company and the Indian Mujahideen.
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