07-19-2008, 08:10 PM
<b>LJP confident of govt. winning trust vote</b>
New Delhi (PTI): The Lok Janashakti Party on Saturday exuded confidence that the government would win the trust vote and accused the Left parties and Opposition BJP of "double standards" in blaming the Congress-led UPA of resorting to horse-trading to sail through the floor test.
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At a press conference here, LJP Chief Ram Vilas Paswan projected a figure of 281 MPs on the Government's side well above the magic mark of 271.
"This (the trust vote) is just a formality. The Government is in majority and in addition to the 281 MPs we already have, more would join us before the trust vote," he said.
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Paswan said parties opposed to the Government would suffer badly in the next elections as only the UPA has a secular face left now.
"Most of the MPs are not voting on the basis of any ideology but solely on self interest," the Union Minister said.
Coming down heavily on the Left, he predicted their move would cost them dearly in the next elections. "They are also not following any ideology. Otherwise they would not have decided to vote alongside the BJP".
Branding Mayawati-led BSP as a "opportunist" party, he said, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister only has a casteist agenda.
Ninety per cent of the MPs have not read the deal. "All the parties are adopting double standards while accusing the UPA of trying to break opposition ranks," he said.
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Paswan asserted that the Indo-US nuclear deal was crucial for the country's development and would help make India become a developed nation.
"Those opposing the deal have only their personal and party's interest in mind and not the larger interest of the nation as a whole," he said.
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The Bihar leader said there was no reason for MPs from his party to switch over as they would vote on the ideological issue of secularism.
Paswan is understood to be favouring giving a cabinet berth to JMM Chief Shibu Soren to win him over to the UPA side.
New Delhi (PTI): The Lok Janashakti Party on Saturday exuded confidence that the government would win the trust vote and accused the Left parties and Opposition BJP of "double standards" in blaming the Congress-led UPA of resorting to horse-trading to sail through the floor test.
<b>
At a press conference here, LJP Chief Ram Vilas Paswan projected a figure of 281 MPs on the Government's side well above the magic mark of 271.
"This (the trust vote) is just a formality. The Government is in majority and in addition to the 281 MPs we already have, more would join us before the trust vote," he said.
</b>
Paswan said parties opposed to the Government would suffer badly in the next elections as only the UPA has a secular face left now.
"Most of the MPs are not voting on the basis of any ideology but solely on self interest," the Union Minister said.
Coming down heavily on the Left, he predicted their move would cost them dearly in the next elections. "They are also not following any ideology. Otherwise they would not have decided to vote alongside the BJP".
Branding Mayawati-led BSP as a "opportunist" party, he said, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister only has a casteist agenda.
Ninety per cent of the MPs have not read the deal. "All the parties are adopting double standards while accusing the UPA of trying to break opposition ranks," he said.
<b>
Paswan asserted that the Indo-US nuclear deal was crucial for the country's development and would help make India become a developed nation.
"Those opposing the deal have only their personal and party's interest in mind and not the larger interest of the nation as a whole," he said.
</b>
The Bihar leader said there was no reason for MPs from his party to switch over as they would vote on the ideological issue of secularism.
Paswan is understood to be favouring giving a cabinet berth to JMM Chief Shibu Soren to win him over to the UPA side.