Wondering whether the BJP will be able to get 200 paar: Shashi Tharoor

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said that sometimes he wonders whether the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP would be able to win even 200 seats in these India General Elections 2024 reported news agency ANI400 paar slogan was a fantasy when PM Modi first said it 300 paar is clearly impossible I am wondering about 200 paar whether they can get or not as their allies are performing very poorly Shashi Tharoor told ANITharoor further said that there is a need for an agreement on the issue of the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code UCC reported ANIIf consensus is there we dont have any problems but the problem is what are you proposing in UCC There is no draft law Let them bring a draft law to Parliament Let it be discussed in the standing committee in detail Let there be an open discussion in Parliament with all stakeholders he saidTharoor also held an interactive session with the legal cell of the Himachal Pradesh Congress committee in ShimlaHe said that at the moment there will be a change of government on June 4 So we will get more than 272 seats to form the INDIA bloc government he said reported ANITharoor said that after forming the government the Congress party and alliance parties will fulfil the promises made to the people of the countryWe shall fill the government jobs in a timephased manner we will do it The second thing we have promised is the apprenticeship scheme Pahli Naukri Pakki We shall make sure that the government gives Rs 8500 per person per month for a company to hire somebody and train a person in a new skill and a new job The number of changes that have to be made certain fields have to be much more connected to the industrial real world the academic industry is not more satisfactory in some universities we have quality of education and in some we will have to improve it the government has to create and generate the jobs Tharoor said reported ANIHe further said that the narratives peddled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi are changing each dayMr Modis narrative has become increasingly difficult to comprehend He says various things about Muslim community When he gives interviews he says anyone who raises HinduMuslim issues is not worthy of public office He again raises HinduMuslim issues I dont understand the contradictions in Mr Modis statements Similarly he says he is not biologically born I have recently raised a question there are certain requirements to be a citizen of India If your parents are Parmatma how can you be an Indian citizen and how are you eligible to become the Indian Prime minister I am not joking these are certainly strange statements of the Prime Minister Tharoor said reported ANIOn PM Modis remarks that Congress is an enemy of minorities Tharoor said that Congress and INDIA bloc believe in politics of inclusionThere is a new story from PM every day First he told us that we wanted to take away everyones Mangalsutra and give it to the minorities and now we have become the enemies of minorities We stand for everybody INDIA bloc and Congress believe in the politics of inclusion Tharoor added further reported ANIRefuting the claims made by Union Minister Anurag Thakur that Priyanka Gandhi never stood in support of women Tharoor said that the BJP does not have a good track record when it comes to defending the rights of women in the country reported ANIThats not true Priyanka Gandhi has been active You can see going back to Nirbhaya tragedy all the other things that had happened she had been a strong voice I dont think the BJP has much to say or stand up that they claim to be better at coming up with slogans than us but they are much worse at actually putting them into action as we have demonstrated Lets look at the Beti Bachao slogan where do they stand on this I would like to hear from them about their achievements in addressing violence against women and the misogynistic behavior of their leaders This party does not have a good track record when it comes to womens rights in our countryThe polling for the India General Elections 2024 in Himachal Pradesh is scheduled to take place in a single phase on June 1 The state of Himachal Pradesh has four Lok Sabha constituencies Kangra Mandi Hamirpur and Shimla In addition to the Lok Sabha elections bypolls will also be held in six Himachal Pradesh assembly seats on the same day These seats fell vacant after the disqualification of rebel Congress MLAs The results for both the India General Elections 2024 and the assembly polls will be announced on June 4With inputs from ANI