John Brittas, CPI-M MP from Kerala, went on a vehement philippic against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, accusing them of dividing the country and ranted on about the Pran Prathishta ceremony in Ayodhya in January 2024. He also took digs at various members of the BJP in Rajya Sabha as he went on and about his rant.
BJP – Law-Abiding
He started by mocking the BJP for becoming law-abiding all of a sudden, especially after the Pran Prathishta. He said, “Sir, all of a sudden BJP has become law-abiding, how many times they mentioned the Supreme Court? Even during the Pran Prathishta, there was a reference to the Supreme Court. Are they inflicted with Selective Amnesia? They are indeed. What did the Supreme Court say in its verdict? An honourable Judge who presided over the bench is a member of this house. I rarely see him today I saw him for 2 minutes but he disappeared. I wanted to speak about that. Is it not a fact the same Supreme Court said there was a conspiracy, calculated act, and egregious violation? It further said the desecration in 1949 leading to the ouster of Muslims and its eventual destruction on December 6 constituted a serious violation of the rule of law. Who did it? Rajeev Saab, you people did it. All of a sudden they forget about it, they forget about the Supreme Court verdict. Now see the sad predicament of this country.”
Ram Is For All
From complaining about the BJP, he went to staking claim for “Ram”. He said, “Sir, they all speak about Ram. Ram belongs to us also, see my Ram is Mahatma Gandhi’s Ram, of compassion, of harmony, and love. you also have a Ram, you also have a Ram but there is a prefix to that. You know what is a prefix, their Ram is Nathuram. That is a difference between our Ram and your Ram.”
While Brittas is a CPI-M member, he seems to be parroting the views of the Congress and the DMKas seen in the recent gathering in Kerala where Youth Congress members conducted a discussion where they vehemently spoke about RSS which killed Gandhi, ably supported by DMK’s Salma.
Speaking about Mahatma Gandhi, he said, “Madam, let me just say one thing Mahatma Gandhi in Harijan wrote precisely about them sir, ‘to repeat Rama nama and to follow the way of Ravana is actual practice worse than useless. It is sheer hypocrisy, one might deceive oneself or the world, but one could not deceive the Almighty. You cannot deceive Lord Rama because though you are harping old Rama, your only intention is to reap political benefit, nothing else.’
He also added, “The situation in this country, it’s vitiated. You would be surprised Madam, a professor in an organization, in an Institute posted on her social media account that she is proud of Godse for saving India. This is because you are inspiring the academics to say that. can you ever think about such a situation say 5 years back in this country? This is where the country has been taken.”
PM Or High Priest?
Unable to control his anguish over PM Modi’s increasing popularity after the Pran Prathishta ceremony, he said, “Sir nowadays we cannot distinguish between the Prime Minister and the high priest. Whether our Prime Minister is a high priest or the high priest is a Prime Minister? If there is a political programme, it will be turned into a
religious programme. If it is a religious programme, it would be turned into a political programme. They all accused us of staying away from Ayodhya Pran Prathishta. What did the Shankaracharyas do? Will you send ED and CBI after Shankaracharyas? All of them stayed away because they didn’t want to be part of this political drama which you were trying to whip up there in Ayodhya.”
He then went on to remind the house that the date 4 February was very significant because Sardar Patel had banned the RSS on that day.
Sengol – A Symbol Of Monarchy
Connecting the Sengol to the Monarchy system, Brittas who was among the many MPs who boycotted the new Parliament building inauguration ceremony and had said that the PM was bypassing the President, now said, “I was so sad to see The Honourable Rashtrapati being preceded, paraded behind a Sengol, is it a modern democratic country, madam? Is it not a fact that Sardar Patel would be turning in his grave because he was instrumental in dumping Sengol, Simhasan, Crown to redeem this country from all these monarchies? you want to take back this country to the monarchy era. Shortly you will see a Simhasan here, the parliament would be turned into it.”
PM Finishes Everything He Prostrates To
Continuing his rant about the PM, he said, “I am always afraid when the prime minister prostate in front of an organisation or institution. prime minister when he took charge as the Prime Minister, he came and prostrated on the steps of Parliament, he finished the Parliament. Wherever he prostates, he is finishing it. If he calls mitron, there is going to be a mystery for the people. You know what happened during the demonetisation. So you are doing an injustice to Mr. Sardar Patel by bringing back the Sengol and Simhasans and of course, the clowns also will be back, because Palace clowns were there, naturally when monarchy comes, Palace clowns also will come back. Sir, it’s an insult to the Republic of course.”
It is noteworthy to remember that Brittas, a Christian himself, had made fun of the Adheenams during the time of the Sengol installation in new Parliament building. He said, “What do these Sanyasis have to do with the Parliament? Are they representatives of India? Have they ever voted in an election? What nonsense is happening in this country? Do you think people of South will stomach all this humbug that is being doled out? No! Never!”
PM Must Do Pran Prathishta In Manipur
Continuing the Pran Prathishta rant, he said, “Madam the point is very simple, sabka saath sabka vikas, we are tired of listening to this repeatedly. Whom will you people support? You did Pran Prathishta, I don’t want to dispute about Pran Prathishta because these are times when human beings will have to give PRan to gods that is it. But the primary responsibility of the Prime Minister is to give Pran to the citizens, not the gods. He should obviously stick to his duties he should go to Manipur and conduct a Pran Prathishta for the citizens, that should be done first. Instead of that, don’t create political drama to just get some votes.”
Passing Bills Like 2-Minute Dosas
Surprised at the speed at which bills were passed in the Parliament, he said, “Sir Madam, now the pastime of BJP RSS is dismantling institutions, institution after institution are dismantled. we all talk about what happened to the standing committees, is something happening? She (Priyanka Chaturvedi) has not attended a Parliamentary standing committee for 2-3 months. There is no committee, there is no perusal, they are not sending any bill, they are passing bills like making dosa in 2 minutes,d at laws are being made.”
If You Dig Further You Will Go To Middle East
In what seemed like he was mocking the recent ASI survey at Kashi Vishwanath temple, he said, “What is this situation? What kind of an atmosphere you people have created? You’re digging digging every religious institute. You need to dig further, further, how far you are going to dig? How far you are going to dig? Once you dig further you will find Buddha Vihara and Jain Vihara, if you dig further you will have to go to the Middle East, if you dig further you will have to go to Africa where all your ancestors came from. So what is the futility the purpose of this digging?”
Statistics?
Wanting to present some statistics to add weight to his speech, he compared the GDP in the UPA era and the Modi era. He said, “Sir, now selective statistics what is happening in this country? The country has been taken to a different level, 56 inch 5 trillion economy. During the UPA what was the GDP 6.8, in your 10-year rule, it is 5.9. you talk about what? redeeming 25 crore people from poverty, that is because of the extrapolation of the data by the Niti Ayog, you have dispensed with the census, you don’t have the headcount ratio, you add those things.”
Here is an India Today report on the comparison of GDP in both Manmohan Singh and Modi regimes. The graphs speak for themselves, it is unclear where Brittas came up with those figures.
If it was a real picture, it would have reflected in the Global Hunger Index. Where are you in the global hunger index?”
When Taliban-ruled Afghanistan can outperform India in a Press Freedom Index, then our readers will know the credibility of the report.
Media To Modia
Accusing the government of “controlling” the media, he said, “Now again you go to any index – Human Development Index, you go to Press Freedom Index. You people have changed the vowel. First, it was E in media, you removed the E and replaced it with O. Now it has become Modia. the media in this country has been converted as Modia.”
States Will Protest
He accused the government of taking away funds from the states and that they would protest in Delhi against this. He said, “Now, all the states are protesting, all our rights even sir your rights have been weaned away by this government that is the plight. Kerala is protesting Here For the First Time The entire Ministry MLAs, MPs from Kerala and Karnataka are going to camp in Delhi to protest against your unitary Tendencies, starving the states, fleecing the states.”
He concluded by accusing the centre that, “When you talk about sabka saath, sabka vikas, sabka prayaas, your only intention is to segregate, create polarisation, divide this country take this country to the Medieval Era, we will not allow this and 2024 elections would be a waterloo for you.”
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