Congress MP Shashi Tharoor targeted the BJP government at the centre by introducing a new word – “anocracy”.
“A word we’d better start learning in India: ANOCRACY. Form of government that mixes democratic w/ autocratic features, permits elections, allows participation through opposition parties & institutions accommodating nominal amounts of competition, but acts w/minimal accountability (sic),” the Congress MP tweeted on Sunday evening.
The MP, 65 from Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram has been using Twitter to slam the rival party with new words, every now and then. His latest tweet is a direct attack on the central government.
The tweet comes just a day after the Election Commission announced the poll dates for five states. Congress is trying to revive its fortunes after several election setbacks over the last few years. In Punjab, Congress is trying to retain power while in Uttar Pradesh, it’s trying to put up a tough fight for the ruling BJP.
In Manipur, it had emerged as the single-largest party in 2017 but later lost the state to the BJP after a series of resignations. Goa and Uttarakhand are the other states where it’s trying hard to hold its ground.
Last month, he had used the word “Allodoxaphobia” in reference to Yogi Adityanath government and the sedition cases in Uttar Pradesh against critics.
“Word of the day, indeed of the last seven years: *Allodoxaphobia*. Meaning: an irrational fear of opinions. Usage: “The BJP government in UP slaps sedition & UAPA cases on people because its leadership suffers from allodoxaphobia.”
