08-20-2007, 12:55 AM
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Pioneer News Service | New Delhi / Bangalore
As the crisis loomed over the Congress-led UPA camp in the light of the Left's tough stand on the Indo-US nuclear deal, the main Opposition BJP's top brass on Sunday reviewed the situation in order to gain political mileage.
A day after the Left's warning to the UPA Government against any discussions with the IAEA on safeguards in connection with the 123 Agreement,<b> former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, leader of opposition LK Advani, party president Rajnath Singh and senior BJP leaders Jaswant Singh, Arun Jaitley and Arun Shourie held an almost two-hour meeting.</b>
<b>"We have discussed the political situation which may lead to early polls," </b>said
BJP General Secretary Arun Jaitley, adding that his party was concerned about the crisis in Government, which he insisted has "paralysed" governance.<b> He alleged that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's authority has been completely eroded.</b>
<b>"We (BJP) will continue to press issues relating to nuclear deal and (the release in Argentina of )Ottavio Quattrocchi in the coming week in parliament in order to put the government in the dock, "</b> Jaitley added.
Meanwhile the main opposition party has asked its workers to be ready for "any eventuality" and even a snap poll to the Lok Sabha in the wake of the sharp divide between the ruling Congress and Left parties on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
"You must be ready for any eventuality as anything may happen at any time," senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu told BJP workers in Banglore as part of a nation-wide programme on strengthening the party in the grass root.
"The UPA Government may collapse, it may prolong or may continue as a lame duck Government," Naidu said. Though the BJP is working towards the general election in 2009, it should be ready for a "snap poll", Naidu pointed out.
Noting that the Congress and the Communists were in a "Catch 22 situation", he said both sides were not following the "coalition dharma."
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Pioneer News Service | New Delhi / Bangalore
As the crisis loomed over the Congress-led UPA camp in the light of the Left's tough stand on the Indo-US nuclear deal, the main Opposition BJP's top brass on Sunday reviewed the situation in order to gain political mileage.
A day after the Left's warning to the UPA Government against any discussions with the IAEA on safeguards in connection with the 123 Agreement,<b> former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, leader of opposition LK Advani, party president Rajnath Singh and senior BJP leaders Jaswant Singh, Arun Jaitley and Arun Shourie held an almost two-hour meeting.</b>
<b>"We have discussed the political situation which may lead to early polls," </b>said
BJP General Secretary Arun Jaitley, adding that his party was concerned about the crisis in Government, which he insisted has "paralysed" governance.<b> He alleged that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's authority has been completely eroded.</b>
<b>"We (BJP) will continue to press issues relating to nuclear deal and (the release in Argentina of )Ottavio Quattrocchi in the coming week in parliament in order to put the government in the dock, "</b> Jaitley added.
Meanwhile the main opposition party has asked its workers to be ready for "any eventuality" and even a snap poll to the Lok Sabha in the wake of the sharp divide between the ruling Congress and Left parties on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
"You must be ready for any eventuality as anything may happen at any time," senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu told BJP workers in Banglore as part of a nation-wide programme on strengthening the party in the grass root.
"The UPA Government may collapse, it may prolong or may continue as a lame duck Government," Naidu said. Though the BJP is working towards the general election in 2009, it should be ready for a "snap poll", Naidu pointed out.
Noting that the Congress and the Communists were in a "Catch 22 situation", he said both sides were not following the "coalition dharma."
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