08-16-2011, 08:05 PM
[url="http://www.dailypioneer.com/361165/UPA-govt-nervous-has-lost-its-balance-BJP.html"]UPA govt nervous, has lost its balance: BJP[/url]
Quote:In the wake of Anna Hazare's arrest, BJP today said a "nervous" UPA government was adopting an "undemocratic attitude" by laying down unreasonable conditions on peaceful protestors and misusing the police to serve its ends.
"The government has been adopting an undemocratic attitude outside Parliament till now. Today this was seen inside the Parliament as well... This government has lost its balance and this is becoming obvious time and again," Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj told reporters.
She was referring to Congress members in both Houses not allowing the respective Leader of Opposition to speak on Hazare's arrest despite the Chair asking them to do so.
She claimed that the government had acted in an undemocratic manner when Baba Ramdev was holding his protest as also in the case of Anna Hazare.
"This government allows separatists to come and air their views in the capital but whenever a saffron clad saint or a Gandhi-cap activist holds an agitation they don't allow it," Swaraj said.
She insisted that Hazare's arrest was "unjustified" and demanded his immediate release.
"Anna had not even reached Jaiprakash Narayan park when he was arrested. Section 144 was not imposed at his residence.... The Home Minister says he does not know where Anna has been kept. This government is nervous. It is not being run by the Prime Minister or the Home Minister. Police are running this government," Swaraj said.