04-19-2008, 10:40 AM
BJP wants NDA allies to be part of nationwide stir
Express News Service
Posted online: Saturday, April 19, 2008 at 2334 hrs Print Email
New Delhi, April 18: The BJP now wants to rope in NDA allies in its plan to undertake a nationwide agitation against the UPA Government over price rise. The party hopes it will bring rich dividends in the election season, beginning from Karnataka next month.
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As reported by this paper, the party wants to call for a bandh to capitalise on the middle class discontent. It may not be called a bandh though, for it could attract PILs, especially when courts have taken a dim view of hartals lately.
The party also constituted a six-member committee comprising Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Vijay Goel, Balbir Punj, Ravishankar Prasad and Prakash Javdekar that will prepare a blueprint for the agitation. The NDA will now meet on Monday to discuss the nitty-gritty of the agitation.
âPrices of essential commodities have never shot up to such a high in such a short span of time before. Whenever the Congress has come to power, prices have increased,â party chief Rajnath Singh said after a meeting of office-bearers.
A political resolution adopted at the meeting condemned Mufti Mohammad Sayeedâs suggestion for using Pakistani currency in Jammu and Kashmir and asked the Congress to explain its position. The post-election Nepal scenario and the UPA Governmentâs stand on the Chinese crackdown on Tibetans âthat hurt the nationâs independent foreign policyâ was also discussed.
The BJP has decided to hold its national executive in Jaipur in the last week of May.
Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha activists have decided to fan out across the country to get views of hoi polloi on price rise.
The activists would pose as reporters of Mehngai TV and present Congress president Sonia Gandhi with a CD with the aam aadmiâs woes. A mock exercise, wherein the âManmohan Bankâ extends loans to the aam aadmi to buy everyday essentials, would also be undertaken.
Express News Service
Posted online: Saturday, April 19, 2008 at 2334 hrs Print Email
New Delhi, April 18: The BJP now wants to rope in NDA allies in its plan to undertake a nationwide agitation against the UPA Government over price rise. The party hopes it will bring rich dividends in the election season, beginning from Karnataka next month.
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NDA set for Karnataka showdown, JDU first list outManmohan says Govt committed to economic reform and liberalisationIndo-UK naval exercise from next weekYoung turks in the housePrice rise will oust Cong in Karnataka: Jaitley
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As reported by this paper, the party wants to call for a bandh to capitalise on the middle class discontent. It may not be called a bandh though, for it could attract PILs, especially when courts have taken a dim view of hartals lately.
The party also constituted a six-member committee comprising Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Vijay Goel, Balbir Punj, Ravishankar Prasad and Prakash Javdekar that will prepare a blueprint for the agitation. The NDA will now meet on Monday to discuss the nitty-gritty of the agitation.
âPrices of essential commodities have never shot up to such a high in such a short span of time before. Whenever the Congress has come to power, prices have increased,â party chief Rajnath Singh said after a meeting of office-bearers.
A political resolution adopted at the meeting condemned Mufti Mohammad Sayeedâs suggestion for using Pakistani currency in Jammu and Kashmir and asked the Congress to explain its position. The post-election Nepal scenario and the UPA Governmentâs stand on the Chinese crackdown on Tibetans âthat hurt the nationâs independent foreign policyâ was also discussed.
The BJP has decided to hold its national executive in Jaipur in the last week of May.
Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha activists have decided to fan out across the country to get views of hoi polloi on price rise.
The activists would pose as reporters of Mehngai TV and present Congress president Sonia Gandhi with a CD with the aam aadmiâs woes. A mock exercise, wherein the âManmohan Bankâ extends loans to the aam aadmi to buy everyday essentials, would also be undertaken.