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Express News ServicePosted online: Thursday, November 02, 2006 at 0000 hrs Print Email
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV 1: Taking an unusual dig at the goings-on in the Opposition BJP, PM Manmohan Singh today said that Vajpayee and Advani were quarreling with each other.
âThough two-and-a-half-years have gone, the Opposition had not many issues to fight (us). That is why they are quarreling with each other. Vajpayee is quarreling with Advani and Advani with Vajpayee. But we will remain sincere to our promises,â he told a Congress convention here, asking people to be alert against forces trying to divide society on communal, caste and class lines when the country was marching forward.
And in a veiled dig at the Left partiesâ charge that the Centreâs policies were responsible for Keralaâ woes, he said that the blame should not be put on the UPA government but elsewhere. Alluding to Left criticism of his efforts to improve ties with the US marked a radical policy shift.
âSometimes confusion is sought to be created that there has been a change in foreign policy. In terms of our basic objectives, there is no change.â India, he said, wanted âthe goodwill and cooperation of big powers like the US, Russia and Chinaâ but this did not mean there was a shift from âbasic policies followed since the days of Jawaharlal Nehru.â
Singh dismissed the argument that globalisation and imports were behind the periodic crises in plantation and traditional sectors.âWe must tackle the problem of these crops not by shutting doors but by applying modern science and technology to improve yields and productivity,â he said.
editor@expressindia.com
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo--> Vajpayee, Advani quarreling: PMExpress News ServicePosted online: Thursday, November 02, 2006 at 0000 hrs Print Email
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV 1: Taking an unusual dig at the goings-on in the Opposition BJP, PM Manmohan Singh today said that Vajpayee and Advani were quarreling with each other.
âThough two-and-a-half-years have gone, the Opposition had not many issues to fight (us). That is why they are quarreling with each other. Vajpayee is quarreling with Advani and Advani with Vajpayee. But we will remain sincere to our promises,â he told a Congress convention here, asking people to be alert against forces trying to divide society on communal, caste and class lines when the country was marching forward.
And in a veiled dig at the Left partiesâ charge that the Centreâs policies were responsible for Keralaâ woes, he said that the blame should not be put on the UPA government but elsewhere. Alluding to Left criticism of his efforts to improve ties with the US marked a radical policy shift.
âSometimes confusion is sought to be created that there has been a change in foreign policy. In terms of our basic objectives, there is no change.â India, he said, wanted âthe goodwill and cooperation of big powers like the US, Russia and Chinaâ but this did not mean there was a shift from âbasic policies followed since the days of Jawaharlal Nehru.â
Singh dismissed the argument that globalisation and imports were behind the periodic crises in plantation and traditional sectors.âWe must tackle the problem of these crops not by shutting doors but by applying modern science and technology to improve yields and productivity,â he said.
editor@expressindia.com