‘Why lotus? Why not peacock or tiger?' Congress slams BJP over new Parliament staff uniform print

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Also Read: 'Fake preacher…': BJP leader joins Sanatan Dharma row as Ayodhya seer puts ₹10 crore bounty on Stalin's head Congress whip in Lok Sabha Manickam Tagore, on Tuesday, questioned why the print of new uniform has lotus. He asked why can't it have peacock or tiger, the national animal and the national bird respectively. He also alleged the BJP of making the “Parliament a one-sided partisan thing".

Also Read: How BJP will leverage G20 summit to advance its political outreach "Why lotus only? Why can't a peacock or why can't a tiger? Oh, they're not BJP party election symbol. Why this fall sir Om Birla," Tagore tweeted on X, using the hashtag "#NewDressforParliamentStaff". According to news reports, the new uniform of the Parliament staff will have a new dress code with Lotus pattern printed on it.

Also read: Sachin Pilot praises CM Gehlot-led Rajasthan govt, says ‘better than BJP-ruled UP, MP' "Why is the government not ready to put Tiger in the Parliament staff's dress, because Tiger is the national animal. Why are they not ready to put the Peacock, which is the national bird, in the dress? But they chose to put the Lotus in the dress code of the Parliamentary staff, because the BJP's symbol is the Lotus," Tagore said in a statement. Also Read: BJP says Jawaharlal Nehru 'gave away' UNSC seat to China ‘on platter’ In his video shared on X, formerly Twitter, Manickam Tagore said that the same thing happened at the time of G20, and it is happening again.