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<!--emo&:cool--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/specool.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='specool.gif' /><!--endemo--> Mid-term election early next year: Advani
UPA to pay price for Ram, N-deal, price rise
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, September 16
The UPA government, already under strain from its Left allies, will fall early next year on the issues of Ram, N-deal and the galloping prices of essential commodities.
Giving a clarion call to the BJP cadres at a function to facilitate the newly elected mayors and councillors of the four civic bodies in the state here today, former Deputy Prime Minister and Lok Sabha Opposition leader Lal Krishan Advani said it was a miracle that the ruling âbundle of contradictionsâ had come so far.
Advani, who appeared to be in an upbeat mood and was projected as the future PM during the function, congratulated the municipal poll winners and exhorted them to be ready for the impending general election next year. âThere is no way the government can last its full term and the writing is on the wall,â he pointed out.
Citing three reasons for his conviction, he said the government had not done anything for the masses. âAlthough we have attracted foreign investment in certain core sectors, in what way has it benefited the masses. The prices of atta and dal are bringing tears to the eyes of the people, but has the government tried to stem price rise,â he questioned.
The second reason was the double talk on the N-deal wherein an impression had been created that the NDA government had initiated the talks and that the present government was only carrying it forward. He clarified that they differed with the Left on the issue as they were against signing a deal with any riders which would jeopardise Indiaâs national interests.
Third, as if things were not bad enough, the government submitted an affidavit in the court questioning the very existence of Lord Ram. The ploy was to sidetrack the Ram Setu issue by raising a doubt on the authenticity of the holy texts. Ramayana was sought to be dismissed as an exemplary work of a great novelist, he quipped.
The move has backfired and people would give a befitting reply to this insult in the coming elections, he added.
UPA to pay price for Ram, N-deal, price rise
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, September 16
The UPA government, already under strain from its Left allies, will fall early next year on the issues of Ram, N-deal and the galloping prices of essential commodities.
Giving a clarion call to the BJP cadres at a function to facilitate the newly elected mayors and councillors of the four civic bodies in the state here today, former Deputy Prime Minister and Lok Sabha Opposition leader Lal Krishan Advani said it was a miracle that the ruling âbundle of contradictionsâ had come so far.
Advani, who appeared to be in an upbeat mood and was projected as the future PM during the function, congratulated the municipal poll winners and exhorted them to be ready for the impending general election next year. âThere is no way the government can last its full term and the writing is on the wall,â he pointed out.
Citing three reasons for his conviction, he said the government had not done anything for the masses. âAlthough we have attracted foreign investment in certain core sectors, in what way has it benefited the masses. The prices of atta and dal are bringing tears to the eyes of the people, but has the government tried to stem price rise,â he questioned.
The second reason was the double talk on the N-deal wherein an impression had been created that the NDA government had initiated the talks and that the present government was only carrying it forward. He clarified that they differed with the Left on the issue as they were against signing a deal with any riders which would jeopardise Indiaâs national interests.
Third, as if things were not bad enough, the government submitted an affidavit in the court questioning the very existence of Lord Ram. The ploy was to sidetrack the Ram Setu issue by raising a doubt on the authenticity of the holy texts. Ramayana was sought to be dismissed as an exemplary work of a great novelist, he quipped.
The move has backfired and people would give a befitting reply to this insult in the coming elections, he added.