Thread by @RajeAiyer

It was year 1998
#BJP was single largest party & NDA was the strongest alliance in Loksabha. Vajpayeeji was elected as the PM. Confidence motion was put before the house. Congress & CPM had joined hands to vote against NDA government.
Leaders of both parties were sitting

together & attacking #BJP NDA . Whenever Congress leader spoke, the CPM leaders were thumping the desks and vice-versa.Whenever a leader from NDA was attacking Congress, leaders from CPM were counter attacking fiercely. All 'secular'forces were united to dethrone the Vajpayeeji

govt.
Veteran leader George Fernandez was defending the government. He said " Speaker sir, I want to inform you what a strong organisation has to say something on #Congress party". He took out a book while speaking so & started reading.
"Congress party is the fountainhead

of corruption(big shouting from congress benches)...The British left & the Congress party replaced them. Over the past 50 years, Congress has established ever new records in corruption. (again big shouting from congress )
Congress ministers have often been found embroiled in

several scams, including Mundra scam, Churhat Lottery scam, Bofors scam, Sukhram scam, Harshad Mehta scam, JMM Bribery scam & Hawala, that took place during its regime. Congress has corrupted & misused every institution of the Indian democracy."
At this point, both Congress

and CPM got charged up and said "Speaker sir! Please ask the honourable member to name the source, We can't allow him to read from any unnamed document. Please restrain him."
George Fernandez said "Please don't get impatient. I'll definitely name the source. But first let me

complete what it says. It says, "The Congress party's record on Secularism too has been chequered. At various times in history,Congressi goondas took active part in riots and k!lled people. 3000 Sikhs were butch€red by them on streets of Delhi and prime minister Rajiv Gandhi

watched it silently."

Big shouting and noise again from benches of Congress and CPM.

George Fernandez, "Just give me two minutes...and then I'll reveal the source"

He continued to read from book "Speaker sir, it says, "No country in history has ever progressed with

bad governance & excessive corruption as partners.
None! The Congress suffers from this twin ailment since decades. Its survival is detrimental to the progress of India.Therefore,in the interest this nation,it's important that Congress party is wiped out from this land for ever."

Big shouting & noise again from benches of Congress and CPM."Speaker sir! It cannot go on like this.We will not allow him to speak any further if he doesn't give the source he is quoting from."
"Ok, Ok" said George,"There is more to read. But since our friends from Congress &

CPM are so desperate to know the source, let me tell you what I am reading from...
I'm reading from the Manifesto of CPI(M) issued just before these Lok Sabha elections."
Pin drop silence in the house. Leaders from Congress and CPM were starring each other..

George , "What happened, why silent ? You were shouting we want to know the source,we want to know the source.Once you heard the name of the source, your voices were mute. Shame on your selves ! Definitely you should be ashamed ..
My friends from the Left! Either you

don't read your own manifesto or you don't mean a word of it. In either case, you should be ashamed of yourselves. In the name of secularism, you have joined hands with Congress that has broken all records in corruption. I urge you to introspect to determine your future

course of action. And if you do not mend your ways, your party will become history, sooner rather than later."
- George Fernandez
...🙏🙏