Furore over ‘bared fangs’ of Ashoka symbol unveiled by PM Modi: From Gandhi to..
Hindustan TimesAfter Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the national emblem cast atop the new Parliament building, opposition parties questioned the new design in which the four lions have bared their fangs, in contrast to the Lion Capital of Emperor Ashoka in Sarnath. Senior lawyer and activist Prashant Bhushan compared the national emblem with the lions sitting “majestically” and “peacefully” with Mahatma Gandhi and and the ones with bared fangs on the new Parliament building with Nathuram Godse, Gandhi's assassin. “From Gandhi to Godse; From our national emblem with lions sitting majestically & peacefully; to the new national emblem unveiled for the top of the new Parliament building under construction at Central Vista; Angry lions with bared fangs,” he said in a tweet. “This is Modi's new India!” Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, who has been under fire for her recent remarks on goddess Kali, also shared the two constrasting images of the national emblem without writing anything.