BJP leader Nishikant Dubey slams Shashi Tharoor over remarks on 'Indian variant', wants his disqualification from Lok Sabha

New Delhi, May 25: Blasting at Congress 'intellectual leader' Shashi Tharoor over his remarks on 'Indian variant', BJP leader Nishikant Dubey has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla asking to disqualify Tharoor from the Lower House for his irresponsible behaviour in misleading the public.

 

This comes after Tharoor referred to B.1.617 as the “Indian variant” of coronavirus in his tweets. Dubey, in his letter said the Thiruvananthapuram MP has "surpassed all the limits of responsible behavior" when he referred to B.1.617 as the “Indian variant” of coronavirus.

 

 

In his letter to Birla on Monday, Dubey wrote, “Tharoor, who is a member of the Indian Parliament and has rich diplomatic experience, used the word ‘Indian Variant’ when WHO has itself said that there is no such variant. As per WHO, the nomenclature for this variant is B.1.617."

 

 

Earlier, the WHO had stated that it does not identify viruses or variants with names of countries they are first reported from. We refer to them by their scientific names and request all to do the same for consistency.

 

 

Dubey, further said, "It is beyond my comprehension why an Indian MP would use language that is unscientific and derogatory towards Indians. When the Government of India has already written to all social media platforms to remove usage of this word, it is embarrassing to note that a member of our esteemed Lok Sabha uses such discourse to shame the country and its people."

 

 

“This time, he has surpassed all the limits of responsible behaviour through his recent tweets, which are in a way also helping our enemy country to echo in various international fora our nation as an incapable country without any vision. Therefore, all his recent irresponsible acts call for his immediate disqualification from the membership of Lok Sabha,” he added.

 

 

Earlier, Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath had sparked controversy by repeatedly using the term “Indian Corona” to refer to the pandemic during a media interaction on Friday. He said that ‘while we were saying Chinese Corona, now we are facing Indian Corona. Today the UK has banned flights from India due to Indian Corona’.