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Chandigarh, Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi was indiscriminately trying to copy the US President Barack Obama in almost everything he does. He said, the latest example was his proposed September 5 address to the students across the country on the Teachers Day. “It is strange Mr Modi shall be addressing students and not the teachers on the Teachers’ Day”, he remarked.
Capt Amarinder in a statement issued here today pointed out, five years ago the US President Barack Obama addressed the students of the US on Sept 8, 2009 and now Mr Modi was trying to copy the same. “He (Mr Modi) is trying to copy Obama in utter haste and hurry”, he remarked while asking, “otherwise he should ideally be addressing the teachers on the Teachers’ Day and not the students for whom he could always choose some other occasion”.
The former Chief Minister observed, “this goes typically with Mr Modi’s characteristic style of copying the US President”. He pointed out, like in the US all powers are vested with the President, Mr Modi was trying to do the same despite India being a parliamentary and not a presidential democracy.
“The way he has assumed all the powers in himself whether deciding on Foreign Policy matters or those related to the HomeMinistry, Mr Modi has already hinted adequately that he wants to function like the head of a Presidential form of a government than like a Prime Minister who is supposed to share power with his cabinet with collective responsibility”, he said.
