BJP to campaign against Congress on Lokpal
January 1st, 2012 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday announced a campaign against the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) for not having the “conviction” to put the Lokpal bill to vote in the Rajya Sabha.
BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman told reporters here that people are disappointed with the UPA for its failure to get the Rajya Sabha to vote on the bill.
“There was no conviction by the UPA in Rajya Sabha for passing a strong Lokpal bill and that is why people are disappointed. BJP will launch the ‘Loktantra bachao, Congress hatao’ (save democracy, remove congress) campaign at district level from Jan 3-10,” she said.
Nirmala Sitharaman said the BJP will “tell the truth” to the people on the episode.
“If Congress had the will to pass Lokpal, it would have talked to the Trinamool Congress, BJP and other parties. But Congress does not have the conviction,” she said.
The BJP also proposed to send a party delegation to President Pratibha Patil Tuesday to lodge a protest against the government’s failure to put the anti-corruption bill to vote in the Rajya Sabha.
Another BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said Friday that the BJP will hold silent protest marches, with its members wearing black bands.
With a couple of weeks left before parliament again takes up the Lokpal bill again during the budget session, the BJP has decided to hit the streets on the matter. The party is likely to raise the issue during the coming assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa.
- BJP delegation to meet president over Lokal bill - Dec 31, 2011
- Speaker's meeting raises hope for women's quota bill - Jun 21, 2011
- BJP, Congress seek to pin down each other on Lokpal bill fiasco (Intro-Roundup) - Dec 31, 2011
- Government questions Jaitley debating Lokpal in public - Dec 11, 2011
- Congress terms Anna's fast premature, insult to parliament - Dec 11, 2011
- BJP to blame for Lokpal bill not being passed: Congress - Dec 30, 2011
- After Lokpal, hope floats for quota in women's bill - Dec 25, 2011
- Winter session embarrassed UPA government - Dec 30, 2011
- Black flags should be shown to BJP: Congress - Jan 01, 2012
- BJP to keep away from Anna's anti-graft stir - Oct 04, 2011
- PM should quit over defeat on Lokpal bill: Gadkari - Dec 30, 2011
- Congress blames BJP for non-passage of Lokpal bill (Lead) - Dec 30, 2011
- Cash-for-votes: Government indeed tried to buy MPs, says BJP - Nov 17, 2011
- Day after Lokpal bill failure, battlelines drawn (Afternoon Lead) - Dec 30, 2011
- BJP doesn't know what it wants on Lokpal, says Congress - Jan 05, 2012
Tags: assembly polls, bharatiya janata party, bjp, budget session, congress campaign, conviction, goa, manipur, nirmala, prasad, president pratibha patil, progressive alliance, protest marches, punjab, rajya sabha, ravi shankar, silent protest, spokesperson, trinamool congress, UPA