In an interview with The Indian Express, Pillai told Alind Chauhan that the Prime Minister is appealing to a cultural or some might say, a civilisational legitimacy. The placement of the senkol near the Speaker's chair is to give that chair which derived meaning so far via Western parliamentary conventions that we adopted and adapted a more visibly Hindu quality and casing.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh also alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his drum-beaters are using the ceremonial sceptre for their political ends in Tamil Nadu.
Is it any surprise that the new Parliament is being consecrated with typically false narratives from WhatsApp University? The BJP-RSS distorians stand exposed yet again with maximum claims, minimum evidence, Congress general secretary communications Ramesh said in his tweet.