NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor remarked "O Mitron is far more dangerous than Omicron," in an apparent dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'O mitron' as he warned of "increasing polarization" and "weakening democracy."
Tharoor has been criticizing the government, claiming that it uses divisive rhetoric and promotes hostility.
Far more dangerous than Omicron is 'O Mitron'! We are measuring the consequences of the latter every day in increased polarization, promotion of hatred & bigotry, insidious assaults on the Constitution & the weakening of our democracy," the former Union minister said in a tweet.
BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala slammed Tharoor for the jibe and asked whether Congress can keep the COVID-19 pandemic above politics.
Can Congress keep pandemic above politics? First Congress spread vaccine hesitancy & now it says Omicron isn't dangerous -- at beginning of Covid 19 Akhilesh said CAA is more dangerous than Covid. Do these people have no sense of responsibility?" he tweeted.
Tharoor has been criticizing the government for its polarisation policies. On January 29, the Thiruvananthapuram MP shared a video of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and accused him of polarisation, stating the Uttar Pradesh chief minister had no idea how much damage he had done to the country.
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