Three BJP MPs Threaten to Resign Over Party's Anti-graft Stand


New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS): The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) parliamentary party meet Wednesday to discuss the strategy on the Lokpal bill turned stormy with three MPs, including senior leader Yashwant Sinha and Shatrughan Sinha, threatening to resign over the party's stand against corruption.

According to party sources, in a meeting called Wednesday morning to finalise the party's strategy, Yashwant Sinha -- a former union finance minister -- expressed his dissatisfaction over the party's stand and said the BJP has lost the issue of corruption to Anna.

Actor-turned-MP Shatrughan Sinha and Bihar MP Uday Singh also supported the former finance minister and said they also wanted to quit as member of parliament as they were not satisfied by their party's stand against corruption.

"We should have taken up the issue of corruption more aggressively. We are not able to convince people about our stand on corruption, despite the fact that we had taken up the issue earlier. If required, I am even willing to resign from my post and take up the issue," Yashwant Sinha said, according to a news channel.

However, Yashwant Sinha later said he did not wish to say anything on the issue publicly.

"There is no need to tell it publicly right now... when it will be needed, I will say it," he told reporters outside parliament.

He said that his stand on the Lokpal bill was the same as his party but corruption was a different issue.

"The stand of BJP is my stand... corruption is a different issue, Jan Lokpal or Lokpal bill is a part of the issue of corruption, the corruption which has spread across the country from earth to sky... we need to fight it," he said.

He also stressed that the "BJP has taken up the issue of corruption very strongly for very long and the struggle continues".

  

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  • RAGHU B NAIR, NEW DELHI

    Thu, Aug 25 2011

    I have all the respect for BJP, ever since the BJP not openly criticing the Team Anna. This is the right time to encash the situation and whole heartedly support Team Anna Lokpal Bill in Parliament. Your elected members are only wasting the time of Parliament time and mony just disrupting the proceding. Please insist Team Anna Lokpal Bill for further discussion and pass it in the Mansoon session or insist for vote on noconfidence motion in the current session itself or disolve the Loksabha and face the election.If election comes you maximum woman candidate and young non criminal candidate at any cost.
    Where is your Vice President Smt Najma Heptulla, Ex MP, at present, you put her in the lime light and allow her to campaing in the comeing election and get more votes from muslim community.
    Raghu B Nair

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  • RAGHU B NAIR, NEW DELHI

    Thu, Aug 25 2011

    I have all the respect for BJP, ever since the BJP not openly criticing the Team Anna. This is the right time to encash the situation and whole heartedly support Team Anna Lokpal Bill in Parliament. Your elected members are only wasting the time of Parliament time and mony just disrupting the proceding. Please insist Team Anna Lokpal Bill for further discussion and pass it in the Mansoon session or insist for vote on noconfidence motion in the current session itself or disolve the Loksabha and face the election.If election comes you maximum woman candidate and young non criminal candidate at any cost.
    Where is your Vice President Smt Najma Heptulla, Ex MP, at present, you put her in the lime light and allow her to campaign in the comeing election and get more votes from muslim community.
    Raghu B Nair

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  • SURESH KUMAR gupta,

    Wed, Aug 24 2011

    Bhagwan adrniya Advani ji ko bhi sadbudhi dega

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  • JRAO,

    Wed, Aug 24 2011

    LET THE BJP MAKE ITS STAND ON FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION VERY CLEAR OTHERWISE MORE OF MP'S FOLLOW THE SUIT TO RESIGN BECAUSE THEY WILL BE QUESTIONED BY PEOPLE WHEN THEY GO TO PEOPLE DURING NEXT ELECTIONS. PARLIAMENT SESSION TO BE ALLOWED WITH FIRST PRIORITY TO SOLVE THE CONCERN OF CIVIL SOCIETY.

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  • ashok mehrotra, delhi

    Wed, Aug 24 2011

    mr sinha, i respect your sentiment, at least you have heart when whole parliament is being insenstive and heartless .but i must say your party may be having more corrupt people than any other party, refugee punjabis in almost all party started this and hence this situation now.it started from yr party i know people who were really nothingnow multimillionare, will yr party bring them in original condition as they were originally.can u imagine even a kalaiwala became  crorepati in your party, politics is their business to multiply money, it is not service to people and i have no hesitation more corrupt and criminals in bjp than any other party. it is high time when we shud start purify political systemand we shuould start the era of 60's when politicians were respectful persons.

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  • Tesma, Mumabai

    Wed, Aug 24 2011

    BJP Bcome useless party as all member are just dragging feet of others. Very dispointed with BJP attitude....

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  • B'lore, B'lore

    Wed, Aug 24 2011

    So why dint Yashwant Sinha introduce the Lokpal bill in the parliament during the BJP's rule? hypocrites

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