PM should retire from politics: BJP
27 April 2013 8:14 AM IST
Continuing with its barb against Prime Minister, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday, said the time has come for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to retire from politics. ‘A comment was made on Manmohan Singh by somebody several years back. I would not name the person but he said that Singh is seen as an economist way above his capabilities and as a politician people have not been able to understand his political prowess, competence and cleverness,’ said BJP leader Jaswant Singh.
The BJP leader maintained that though Manmohan Singh has been Prime Minister for nine years, it looks like he has been there for a longer period. ‘Singh should himself think of liberating India from him (his rule). After a successful political career, he should now take rest somewhere in the evening of his life,’ said Jaswant Singh.
The party also demanded that the Prime Minister, law minister and the coal minister to clearly explain their conduct in this matter to Parliament. Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, sought to know if the CBI report was tweaked or altered by the law minister and what was the level of interference. Jaitley said that the earlier drafts of the report should be checked to find this out and insisted the government make a categorical statement on whether any emails on this issue were exchanged between the PMO and the Coal Ministry.
The BJP leader maintained that though Manmohan Singh has been Prime Minister for nine years, it looks like he has been there for a longer period. ‘Singh should himself think of liberating India from him (his rule). After a successful political career, he should now take rest somewhere in the evening of his life,’ said Jaswant Singh.
The party also demanded that the Prime Minister, law minister and the coal minister to clearly explain their conduct in this matter to Parliament. Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, sought to know if the CBI report was tweaked or altered by the law minister and what was the level of interference. Jaitley said that the earlier drafts of the report should be checked to find this out and insisted the government make a categorical statement on whether any emails on this issue were exchanged between the PMO and the Coal Ministry.
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