"We are communal!" This was how late BJP leader Sushma Swaraj clapped back at political rivals after Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 13-day government fell in 1996... #TBT
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00:00Mr. President, we are communal. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes, we are communal.
00:12Before today, this parliament used to have a government of one party and a divided opposition.
00:21But today, there is a divided government and an opposition.
00:28Is this not a story of communalism in itself?
00:35But Mr. President, this is not the first time in history that the rightful authority of the state has been deprived of its right to rule.
00:45This same incident happened with Ram in Shreta.
00:48This same incident happened with Dharamraj Yudhishthir in Goa.
00:59This same incident happened with Dharamraj Yudhishthir in Goa.
01:05This same incident happened when the evil schemes of Dhoot Shakuni had driven the rightful authority of the state out of the state.
01:18Mr. President, if one Manthara and one Shakuni can drive out great men like Ram and Yudhishthir from power,
01:26then how many Mantharas and Shakunis can there be against us?
01:31How can we stay in power?
01:35Mr. President, perhaps this is the intention of Ramraj and Suraj.
01:44Perhaps this is the intention of Ramraj and Suraj that they meet after a big shock.
01:52And that is why I want to say with full confidence that on the afternoon of the 28th,
02:06the day when my respected leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee announced his resignation from the post of Prime Minister,
02:12the people of India were ready to play the role of Ramraj.
02:18The people of India were ready to play the role of Suraj.
02:23The people of India who watched the live broadcast of the meeting,
02:29were ready to pay the price for their actions.
02:34This is injustice.
02:40But Mr. President, injustice never accepts that it is doing injustice.
02:47Injustice presents its selfishness as the greatest justice.
02:55And this is what happened.
02:58Under the pretext of religious intolerance,
03:01by accusing us of communalism, all these people came together.
03:06They came together.
03:08My leader had said at that time that there should be a national debate on communalism.
03:15I want to know what the constitution makers of this country had imagined about communalism.
03:27And what form did the rulers of this country put it in?
03:31There should be a national debate on this.
03:33Mr. President, we are communalists.
03:36Yes.
03:38Yes.
03:40Yes, we are communalists.
03:43Because we advocate for the singing of Vande Mataram.
03:47We are communalists.
03:50Because we fight for the honour of the national flag.
03:54We are communalists.
03:57Because we want to end section 370.
04:02We are communalists.
04:04Yes, we are communalists.
04:07Because in India, we advocate for the rights of the Kauravas.
04:15Yes, Mr. President, we are communalists.
04:18Because in India, we talk about creating a time-honoured community.
04:25We are communalists, Mr. President.
04:28Because we are Kashmiris.
04:30Because we want to end section 370.