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BJP slams UPA ‘stand' on terror
Accusing the UPA Government of adopting a weak stand against Pakistan-sponsored cross-border terrorism, the BJP on Friday hit out at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his habit of “distributing certificates” to the heads of other nation.
On a day new Government figures confirmed the fear about a slump in the economy, former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha took a swipe at the PM saying he was so busy distributing certificates that he was hardly bothered about the state of the Indian economy.
Singh had on Thursday described his Pakistan counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani as a “man of peace”. Sinha recalled that other than Gilani, Singh had also praised US President George Bush earlier.
Sinha, a former External Affairs Minister, said BJP-led NDA had managed to thwart such attempts while the UPA dispensation has failed to do so. He claimed that in 2006, when India agreed that Pakistan too was a victim of terror it gave the latter parity. Then came Sharm-el-Sheikh where Pakistan brought in Balochistan when India talked of cross-border terrorism.
Sinha said after the Shimla accord, the January 6, 2004 joint statement was the most important deal between India and Pakistan as the latter had agreed that it would not allow its soil to be used for terrorist acts against India.
Demand for ouster of ‘failed’ Manipur Govt
BJP on Friday demanded immediate dismissal of the Ibobi Singh Government in Manipur, where the economic blockade is continuing for the last 103 days. It asked the Government to send an all-party delegation to the State to talk to the locals and suggest measures to deal with the issues. “There is a failed Government in Manipur which is not doing anything to ameliorate the sufferings of the people there. The grim realities there, which are mere stories for us here, are that prices of essential commodities have sky-rocketed,” BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said. He and party spokesman Prakash Javadekar recently visited the state. The two leaders said they have promised people of Manipur to raise the issue in Parliament.
