Government beginning to limit notion of liberty: Tharoor

November 03, 2016 17:53

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 said.

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 which is actually a betrayal of the sense of the nation as one that incorporates everyone".

« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES

ED recovers Rs 35 cr from domestic help of J'khand minister's secretary

The premises are alleged to be of the domestic help of Jharkhand Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam's personal secretary Sanjiv Lal.

Hamas accepts Qatari-Egypt ceasefire plan for Gaza

Thousands of people flee eastern Rafah after Israel orders people to evacuate as fears of a full-blown military assault on the city sheltering more than one million displaced people grow.

New all-in-one vaccine may prove effective against all coronaviruses

The research published in 'Nature Nanotechnolog' on Monday is based on a new approach to vaccine development called "proactive vaccinology", where scientists build a vaccine before the disease-causing pathogen even emerges, which has...

Saudi Smash TT: Manika shocks World No 2 Wang

Manika Batra shocked World No. 2 Wang Manyu of China to secure the biggest win of her singles career.

Bomb threats: HC seeks police's school evacuation plan

Justice Subramonium Prasad said though police have filed a status report listing the standard operating procedure for bomb detection and disposal squads and the guidelines to deal with bomb threats in schools, they have not submitted...