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BJP asks PM to seek vote of confidence in Parliament
New Delhi, Jul 5 (PTI) Claiming that the U.P.A. government has been reduced to a minority, B.J.P. leader L.K. Advani Saturday demanded that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should immediately seek a vote of confidence in Parliament.
"The moment the Left parties withdraw support to the Government, it is incumbent on the prime minister to seek a vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha," he told reporters here.
"As the U.P.A. is now a minority ... the B.J.P. demands that the government must immediately now call the Parliament into session and take it fully into confidence," Advani said at a joint press conference along with Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh.
Advani, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, accused the Congress of indulging in a trade-off with Samajwadi Party for the Government's survival.
If the government fails to seek a confidence vote, the B.J.P. will demand President Pratibha Patil to direct the Prime Minister to do so, he said.
"The Government has been reduced to a charade .... It has lost moral legitimacy (to govern) .... For survival, Government seems ready to trade off anything," the B.J.P's Prime Ministerial candidate told the crowded press conference here.
Taking a dig at the Congress-S.P. bonhomie, Advani said last week's events have reduced governance in New Delhi to "theatre of the absurd." He said that the possible parting of ways and joining in of the S.P. was like a "leg surgery to help the government stand."
"Unprincipled deals of convenience bring yesterday's adversaries as today's allies," he said.
Asked whether the B.J.P. would open channels with the B.S.P. in view of the coming together of the SP and Congress, Advani remarked that the B.J.P. plans to contest all the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh, the main base of Mayawati-led party.
Turning the heat on the government over the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal, the B.J.P. leaders said: "the U.P.A. has supinely now consented to be pushed to agreeing to this 'deal', at a pace dictated by the U.S. and at their domestic convenience."
"As the U.P.A. is now a minority, it has no right to execute any binding international agreements .... It must obtain Parliament's approval by first obtaining a vote of confidence from the house," they said in a joint statement.
At the same time Advani said that the B.J.P. favoured a strategic relationship with the U.S. The ties between the two large democracies needed to be more than friendly.
He maintained that the B.J.P. if elected to power would renegotiate the deal to ensure that India maintain its strategic sovereignty and it becomes an agreement between equals.
Advani sidestepped questions on various stands adopted by the party on Enron power project and the W.T.O. when a reporter sought to know whether the B.J.P. which has been demanding renegotiation of the nuclear deal has lost its credibility.
He said all parties in the U.P.A. and those supporting them have lost their credibility. The people will decide whether the B.J.P. has lost credibility or not.
The Indo-U.S. deal will offer just 3 to 5 percent of additional nuclear energy some 25 to 30 years from now at the cost of roughly USD 125 to 130 billion at today's price. "To trade the country's strategic autonomy for this is not acceptable," they said.
Jaswant Singh disagreed with former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's support for the deal maintaining that Kalam has been "oversimplifying" the matter "involving complex issues."
Advani was also sharply critical of the stand on revocation of the land allotment to the Amarnath shrine board and alleged that it has been at the behest of the Centre.
He also sought to compare the two alliances at the centre and in Jammu and Kashmir, saying that on one hand, the U.P.A. was doing "all things possible" to save the deal, while the state government revoked the allotment "only by a threat by P.D.P. to withdraw support."
"The moment the Left parties withdraw support to the Government, it is incumbent on the prime minister to seek a vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha," he told reporters here.
"As the U.P.A. is now a minority ... the B.J.P. demands that the government must immediately now call the Parliament into session and take it fully into confidence," Advani said at a joint press conference along with Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh.
Advani, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, accused the Congress of indulging in a trade-off with Samajwadi Party for the Government's survival.
If the government fails to seek a confidence vote, the B.J.P. will demand President Pratibha Patil to direct the Prime Minister to do so, he said.
"The Government has been reduced to a charade .... It has lost moral legitimacy (to govern) .... For survival, Government seems ready to trade off anything," the B.J.P's Prime Ministerial candidate told the crowded press conference here.
Taking a dig at the Congress-S.P. bonhomie, Advani said last week's events have reduced governance in New Delhi to "theatre of the absurd." He said that the possible parting of ways and joining in of the S.P. was like a "leg surgery to help the government stand."
"Unprincipled deals of convenience bring yesterday's adversaries as today's allies," he said.
Asked whether the B.J.P. would open channels with the B.S.P. in view of the coming together of the SP and Congress, Advani remarked that the B.J.P. plans to contest all the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh, the main base of Mayawati-led party.
Turning the heat on the government over the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal, the B.J.P. leaders said: "the U.P.A. has supinely now consented to be pushed to agreeing to this 'deal', at a pace dictated by the U.S. and at their domestic convenience."
"As the U.P.A. is now a minority, it has no right to execute any binding international agreements .... It must obtain Parliament's approval by first obtaining a vote of confidence from the house," they said in a joint statement.
At the same time Advani said that the B.J.P. favoured a strategic relationship with the U.S. The ties between the two large democracies needed to be more than friendly.
He maintained that the B.J.P. if elected to power would renegotiate the deal to ensure that India maintain its strategic sovereignty and it becomes an agreement between equals.
Advani sidestepped questions on various stands adopted by the party on Enron power project and the W.T.O. when a reporter sought to know whether the B.J.P. which has been demanding renegotiation of the nuclear deal has lost its credibility.
He said all parties in the U.P.A. and those supporting them have lost their credibility. The people will decide whether the B.J.P. has lost credibility or not.
The Indo-U.S. deal will offer just 3 to 5 percent of additional nuclear energy some 25 to 30 years from now at the cost of roughly USD 125 to 130 billion at today's price. "To trade the country's strategic autonomy for this is not acceptable," they said.
Jaswant Singh disagreed with former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's support for the deal maintaining that Kalam has been "oversimplifying" the matter "involving complex issues."
Advani was also sharply critical of the stand on revocation of the land allotment to the Amarnath shrine board and alleged that it has been at the behest of the Centre.
He also sought to compare the two alliances at the centre and in Jammu and Kashmir, saying that on one hand, the U.P.A. was doing "all things possible" to save the deal, while the state government revoked the allotment "only by a threat by P.D.P. to withdraw support."
