BJP against holding talks with Pak PM
9 March 2013 6:20 AM IST
The principal opposition on Friday criticised the government for holding talks with Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said that the courtesy being extended to Pakistan Prime Minister during his visit should remain just that and not go beyond it.
‘I hope that this will confine only to courtesy call and no discussion will take place on any issue. Because BJP is of the view that terrorism and talks cannot go side by side,’ said former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha. The Pakistan Prime Minister will come to India on a private visit on Saturday on a pilgrimage to Ajmer Sharif and External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will host a lunch for him in Jaipur.
‘It is a question mark that external affairs minister has shown this kind of courtesy but I hope it will remain at courtesy stage and it will not go beyond that and there will be no substantive discussion with Pakistan,’ said Sinha.
BJP also expressed disappointment with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s reply in Rajya Sabha, saying he did not talk about the problems of corruption and price rise which were affecting the common man. ‘The Prime Minister’s reply was a disappointment. He neither talked about corruption, nor did he address the problem of price rise which was affecting the common man,’ said BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain.
The BJP leader said while the Prime Minister expressed concerns over other issues, there was no mention of corruption or price rise in his reply to the debate on Motion of Thanks to President’s address. ‘BJP wants to question the Prime Minister as to when he would speak on these issues. He dejected the nation by not talking about it in his reply to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address in Rajya Sabha on Friday,’ said Hussain.
The opposition party welcomed that Singh had lauded states like Bihar and Madhya Pradesh for making speedy progress and growth, but said he behaved like a typical Congress leader by not naming Gujarat and said the Prime Minister should have a big heart.
‘I hope that this will confine only to courtesy call and no discussion will take place on any issue. Because BJP is of the view that terrorism and talks cannot go side by side,’ said former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha. The Pakistan Prime Minister will come to India on a private visit on Saturday on a pilgrimage to Ajmer Sharif and External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will host a lunch for him in Jaipur.
‘It is a question mark that external affairs minister has shown this kind of courtesy but I hope it will remain at courtesy stage and it will not go beyond that and there will be no substantive discussion with Pakistan,’ said Sinha.
BJP also expressed disappointment with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s reply in Rajya Sabha, saying he did not talk about the problems of corruption and price rise which were affecting the common man. ‘The Prime Minister’s reply was a disappointment. He neither talked about corruption, nor did he address the problem of price rise which was affecting the common man,’ said BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain.
The BJP leader said while the Prime Minister expressed concerns over other issues, there was no mention of corruption or price rise in his reply to the debate on Motion of Thanks to President’s address. ‘BJP wants to question the Prime Minister as to when he would speak on these issues. He dejected the nation by not talking about it in his reply to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address in Rajya Sabha on Friday,’ said Hussain.
The opposition party welcomed that Singh had lauded states like Bihar and Madhya Pradesh for making speedy progress and growth, but said he behaved like a typical Congress leader by not naming Gujarat and said the Prime Minister should have a big heart.
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