BJP guns for PM, ministers over series of scams, scandals

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsBJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP M Venkiah Naidu on Saturday demanded the resignation of the entire Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over a ‘series of scams and scandals’ during the current regime.“The UPA government has become a burden on the country and it should go. BJP is demanding not just the resignation of the Prime Minister but that of the entire Cabinet. Coalgate is the culmination of so many scams and scandals including the 2G spectrum allocation,” Naidu said addressing a press conference here.The BJP leader charged that the UPA government was blocking the country’s progress by having numbers on their side. He said the BJP was determined to take the fight to the people till their three demands -- resignation of the Prime Minister, cancellation of allocation of 142 coal blocks and re-auctioning and constitution of an independent inquiry into the allocation -- were met. “We are firm on our demand and we will continue to disrupt Parliament till the Prime Minister submits his resignation,” Naidu said, and added that any debate in Parliament over the coalgate issue as suggested by the Congress, without any action or accountability, would be meaningless.Naidu also defended the stalling of Parliamentary proceedings on another count. He recalled that former Telecom Minister A Raja had stepped down over the 2G scam after the BJP stalled Parliament and later a Joint Parliamentary Committee was formed to probe that scam; auctioning of 3G spectrum had helped the government earn a huge revenue.He recalled that Congress too had stalled the proceedings of Parliament during the past BJP regimes but for flimsy reasons. “When Congress disrupts Parliament, they are performing a national duty. But when the BJP does so, it is committing a crime,” he said and asked the Congress not to preach sermons to the BJP.first published:September 02, 2012, 10:10 ISTlast updated:September 02, 2012, 10:10 IST
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BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP M Venkiah Naidu on Saturday demanded the resignation of the entire Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over a ‘series of scams and scandals’ during the current regime.

“The UPA government has become a burden on the country and it should go. BJP is demanding not just the resignation of the Prime Minister but that of the entire Cabinet. Coalgate is the culmination of so many scams and scandals including the 2G spectrum allocation,” Naidu said addressing a press conference here.

The BJP leader charged that the UPA government was blocking the country’s progress by having numbers on their side. He said the BJP was determined to take the fight to the people till their three demands -- resignation of the Prime Minister, cancellation of allocation of 142 coal blocks and re-auctioning and constitution of an independent inquiry into the allocation -- were met. “We are firm on our demand and we will continue to disrupt Parliament till the Prime Minister submits his resignation,” Naidu said, and added that any debate in Parliament over the coalgate issue as suggested by the Congress, without any action or accountability, would be meaningless.

Naidu also defended the stalling of Parliamentary proceedings on another count. He recalled that former Telecom Minister A Raja had stepped down over the 2G scam after the BJP stalled Parliament and later a Joint Parliamentary Committee was formed to probe that scam; auctioning of 3G spectrum had helped the government earn a huge revenue.

He recalled that Congress too had stalled the proceedings of Parliament during the past BJP regimes but for flimsy reasons. “When Congress disrupts Parliament, they are performing a national duty. But when the BJP does so, it is committing a crime,” he said and asked the Congress not to preach sermons to the BJP.