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BJP Delegation to Meet President over Lokpal Bill

  •   Sat, Dec 31 2011 09:28:50 AM

New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday said that a delegation of senior leaders will meet President Pratibha Patil Jan 3 to register the party's protest against the Lokpal bill fiasco in parliament.

The party's core group, which met here a day after the Rajya Sabha was adjourned sine die amid chaos Thursday midnight without putting to vote the bill for an anti-graft ombudsman, also decided to launch a week-long nation-wide agitation against the Congress.

After the meeting, BJP chief spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said that a high-level party delegation will meet the president Jan 3 to register its protest "against the murder of democracy by the UPA government".

The delegation will be led by senior leader L.K. Advani and party president Nitin Gadkari.

He said the party will also launch a "save democracy, remove Congress" campaign throughout the country Jan 3-10.

Prasad alleged the government did not have house majority in the Lok Sabha during the voting on the Lokpal bill and it "ran away" from voting in the Rajya Sabha.

He said the campaign will be across districts and states and silent protest marches by BJP members wearing black bands "against the shameless manner in which the government conducted itself on the Lokpal bill".

Party leaders said that the government's handling of the Lokpal bill will figure in speeches of party leaders in poll-bound states.

  

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  • shahnawaz kukkikatte, dubai/udupi

    Sat, Dec 31 2011

    This is just an eyewash to fool public. Like Congress, BJP too are equally responsible for the failure of lokpall bill. Had BJP co operated, definitely we would have lokpall bill today. Just to get political mileage, now BJP is blaming the UPA. For me both are useless and selfish parties and no one wants to have strong lokpal bill. Its BJP always with double standards... People of India are not fools like either congress or BJP members. We are smart enough to know who are all responsible for the failure of democracy in India....

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  • JRAO,

    Sat, Dec 31 2011

    THIS SHOWS HOW BJP SERIOUS ABOUT LOKPAL BILL AND ADAMENT CONGRESS BEHAVIOUS TO FOOL PEOPLE BY BLAMING THE OPPSN. IF A RULING PARTY CANNOT TAKE ALLIES TO CONFIDENCE ON ONE HAND AND NOT READY TO TAKE OPPSN. ON THE OTHER HAND MEANS WHERE DEMOCRACY LIES.
    IS CONSTITUTION ABOVE DEMOCRACY !
    WAS IT NOT KNOWN TO THE RULING PARTY WHEN GETTING PASSED AT LOKSABHA AND NUMBERS IN RAJYASABHA. ATLEAST NOW IT COULD HAVE SORTEDOUT THE DIFFERENECE BY EXTENDING THE SESSION FOR A DAY'S SAKE IF THERE IS WILL. THIS SHOWS RULING PARTY BEHAVES LIKE HITLER'S RULE WHICH NEVER BY TOLERATED BY PEOPLE.

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