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General Secretary, Communist Party of India @cpofindia, Former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) 2007-2019

May 29, 2022, 12 tweets

Dear Prime Minister Modi Ji,

Shamelessness is characteristic with demagogues. Not with compassionate statesmen.

It can make you a cunning salesman, not a benevolent leader.

Follow this thread on shame.
(1/12)

People lost their all in demonetisation. Met with long queues, great hardships, suffering and starvation. Some lost their lives waiting for their own hard-earned money.

Still, no shame?

#ShameOnYou
(2/12)

Migrant workers had to walk thousands of miles in scorching heat because a lockdown was imposed on 4 hours’ notice.

People met with unthinkable misery, pain and loss of livelihood.

Still, no shame?

#ShameOnYou
(3/12)

Remember this tragic incident from Aurangabad, Maharashtra? 15 migrant workers walking back home were killed on rail-tracks.

They traveled miles in search of work. They met with hunger, desperation and death.

Still, no shame?

#ShameOnYou
(4/12)

Thousands of our own people suffocated to death in the COVID-19 pandemic due to criminal mismanagement.

They went to hospitals with hope. They met with shortages of oxygen, hospital beds and essential medicines.

Still, no shame?

#ShameOnYou
(5/12)

Whole country was petrified to to see bodies floating in the Ganga. People could not even afford to cremate their loved ones.

Still, no shame?

#ShameOnYou
(6/12)

Unemployment is plaguing the future of our youth and students.

You promised 2 crore jobs. Instead, our youth and students met with insecurity, uncertainty and police lathis.

Still, no shame?

#ShameOnYou
(7/12)

More than 700 farmers died opposing the Farm Laws. Your minister’s son killed some more.

You promised to double farmers’ income. Instead, they met with insults, barricades and death.

Still, no shame?

#ShameOnYou
(8/12)

Inflation is eating away whatever little our people have. Prices of essential commodities are skyrocketing.

Your friends fill their coffers. People face hardships in securing two meals.

Still, no shame?

#ShameOnYou
(9/12)

Our country is witnessing unprecedented inequality. Concentration of wealth at the top is at alarming levels.

Your friend became the 6th richest man in the world. Country slipped to 101 spot on hunger.

Still, no shame?

#ShameOnYou
(10/12)

Public assets are being robbed by cronies. Foundations of economy are being systematically dismantled.

You promised $5 trillion economy. Country met with loss of economic sovereignty, devaluation of rupee, job losses & rampant sale of PSEs.

Still, no shame?

#ShameOnYou
(11/12)

Last 8 years have taken heavy toll on our foundational values of secularism & welfare state. Our social fabric is strained. Attacks on Dalits & women have increased.

Last 8 years have been an unending saga of broken promises.

Still, no shame?

Then #ShameOnYou!
(12/12)

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