Monday, August 11, 2008

BJP charges government unwilling to face Parliament

BJP has charged the Congress-led UPA government to be "afraid" of convening the monsoon session of Parliament. The party claims that the government is not prepared to discuss important issues in the House.
"It is for the first time in the history of Parliament that monsoon session, which normally commences by July end, is yet to start. It seems the government is afraid of facing the opposition after it has won the confidence vote by using unfair means," BJP vice-president M Venkaiah Naidu said in a press conference here today.
"The inflation rate is above 12 per cent and it seems the government is unable to control it. There is a spurt in terrorist activities also," he said referring to serial blasts in Jaipur, Bangalore and Ahmedabad.
Regarding the Amarnath land row, he said the party leaders and workers will take part in the three-day-long nation-wide agitation. The movement begins on Monday during which they would court arrest before the Raj Bhawan in all the states.