09-14-2007, 06:18 AM
<b>Govt slips on Setu, BJP gets fillip</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>If Sonia Gandhi started the government' rethink, UPA's alliance partners tilted the balance. The affidavit gave the UPA partners the jitters. So even die hard Congress supporter, Lalu Yadav, spoke out against the affidavit and so did the Left</b>.
<b>''Who says Lord Ram does not exist? Lord Ram is our identity. We don't need proof for that,'' said Lalu Prasad Yadav, Union Railway Minister.</b>
The affidavit and the churning in the government is nothing short of a god send for the BJP.
Advani has taken centrestage. Now he has made untenable demands from the UPA, attempting to create reasons for a sustained campaign - to make Ram Setu a bridge to power.
<b><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>''This affidavit could not have been filed in a casual manner. Some thinking must have gone into it. Ministerial responsibility must also be fixed. Under whose guidance was this affidavit filed?''</span></b> said Advani.
<b>There are four demands - the affidavit must be withdrawn, Sonia Gandhi and the PM must apologise and ministerial responsibility must be fixed.</b>
<b>The saffron onslaught against the affidavit has more reasons. Sethusamudram is a DMK pet project. Opposing it means pleasing AIADMK's J Jayalalitha - a prospective ally for the BJP.</b>
<span style='color:red'>The affidavit will redraw several political equations. For Advani, Jinnah episode is history. Unlike the Ram Mandir issue, Ram Setu issue does not pitch the BJP against the minorities. </span>
The only silver lining for the UPA perhaps is that the possibilities of BJP's resurgence might force the Left to rethink its opposition to the UPA.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>If Sonia Gandhi started the government' rethink, UPA's alliance partners tilted the balance. The affidavit gave the UPA partners the jitters. So even die hard Congress supporter, Lalu Yadav, spoke out against the affidavit and so did the Left</b>.
<b>''Who says Lord Ram does not exist? Lord Ram is our identity. We don't need proof for that,'' said Lalu Prasad Yadav, Union Railway Minister.</b>
The affidavit and the churning in the government is nothing short of a god send for the BJP.
Advani has taken centrestage. Now he has made untenable demands from the UPA, attempting to create reasons for a sustained campaign - to make Ram Setu a bridge to power.
<b><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>''This affidavit could not have been filed in a casual manner. Some thinking must have gone into it. Ministerial responsibility must also be fixed. Under whose guidance was this affidavit filed?''</span></b> said Advani.
<b>There are four demands - the affidavit must be withdrawn, Sonia Gandhi and the PM must apologise and ministerial responsibility must be fixed.</b>
<b>The saffron onslaught against the affidavit has more reasons. Sethusamudram is a DMK pet project. Opposing it means pleasing AIADMK's J Jayalalitha - a prospective ally for the BJP.</b>
<span style='color:red'>The affidavit will redraw several political equations. For Advani, Jinnah episode is history. Unlike the Ram Mandir issue, Ram Setu issue does not pitch the BJP against the minorities. </span>
The only silver lining for the UPA perhaps is that the possibilities of BJP's resurgence might force the Left to rethink its opposition to the UPA.
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