UPA govt on ventilator: BJP
20 March 2013 7:05 AM IST
The principal opposition on Tuesday remained evasive about its stand on supporting any resolution against Sri Lanka on alleged human rights violations of Tamils there. ‘This issue is a matter of foreign policy, the government has to decide, let them make their stand clear,’ said BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu.
The BJP leader maintained that they have not been sounded out by the senior ministers about any resolution as demanded by the DMK as a condition for supporting the government. Asked if there is any resolution in the offing, Naidu said, ‘What resolution? Where? In politics you should not answer any ifs and buts. First let us know the government position. Then ask the Opposition,’ said Naidu.
The main Opposition, however, was on the same page with the government on a resolution on Tamils in Sri Lanka being different from the recent resolution against Pakistan Parliament which had demanded that the body of Afzal Guru be handed over to his family.
Naidu said since Pakistan Parliament had passed a resolution demanding that Guru’s body be returned to his family, this prompted our Parliament to condemn it.
‘India does not interfere in the internal affairs of another country,’ said Naidu.
Aware that the Congress-led government can still manage the majority with the help of SP and BSP, BJP said it has not intention of bringing down the government and insisting it will collapse on its own. ‘The government does not have a majority now, It should go, The government is on the ventilator. But if the government manages to run after somehow getting support from here and there then it will not be in the interest of the country,’ said BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. He added that BJP is ready to face the elections.
VENKAIAH NAIDU SPEAKS
The BJP leader maintained that they have not been sounded out by the senior ministers about any resolution as demanded by the DMK as a condition for supporting the government. Asked if there is any resolution in the offing, Naidu said, ‘What resolution? Where? In politics you should not answer any ifs and buts. First let us know the government position. Then ask the Opposition,’ said Naidu.
The main Opposition, however, was on the same page with the government on a resolution on Tamils in Sri Lanka being different from the recent resolution against Pakistan Parliament which had demanded that the body of Afzal Guru be handed over to his family.
Naidu said since Pakistan Parliament had passed a resolution demanding that Guru’s body be returned to his family, this prompted our Parliament to condemn it.
‘India does not interfere in the internal affairs of another country,’ said Naidu.
Aware that the Congress-led government can still manage the majority with the help of SP and BSP, BJP said it has not intention of bringing down the government and insisting it will collapse on its own. ‘The government does not have a majority now, It should go, The government is on the ventilator. But if the government manages to run after somehow getting support from here and there then it will not be in the interest of the country,’ said BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. He added that BJP is ready to face the elections.
VENKAIAH NAIDU SPEAKS
- Sri Lanka issue is a matter of foreign policy, the government has to decide, let them make their stand clear
- What resolution? Where? In politics you should not answer any ifs and buts. First let us know the government position. Then ask the Opposition
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