CJP’s Saurav Das and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor (File Photo)
As the confrontation over SIR intensified, the CJP announced a fresh youth-led protest at Jantar Mantar on October 10.
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has sidestepped an attempt by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) co-convenor Saurav Das to draw him into commenting on Prime Minister Narendra Modi , responding to a deliberately elaborate reference to his controversial 2018 “scorpion sitting on a Shivling” remark. Das said in a post on X. Speaking at the event in 2018, Tharoor had said, “There’s an extraordinarily striking metaphor expressed by an unnamed RSS source to journalist Vinod Jose, that, ‘Modi is like a scorpion sitting on a Shivling, you can’t remove him with your hand and you cannot hit it with a chappal either’ … because while removing him with a hand would mean you’d end up getting stung, hitting the Shivaling with a chappal would raise questions on the spiritual tenets you have been practicing for years. ” Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were among those detained, while opposition leaders vowed to intensify their campaign seeking the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. CJP chief spokesperson Saurav Das said the party had formally intimated Delhi Police about the proposed demonstration, with young people from across the country expected to gather over what the party described as “theft of votes”, “hijacking of elections” and the alleged exclusion of Gen Z from voter lists.
“I see this and am reminded of a banger comment by Dr. Tharoor, would it be an unconscionable imposition upon your eloquence to solicit a reprise of that ineffably felicitous observation, sir?