WikiLeaks: BJP’s double standards exposed, says Moily
March 19th, 2011 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily Saturday said the WikiLeaks latest expose about the BJP’s private conversations with American diplomats on the India-US nuclear deal had exposed its “double standards”.
“This is totally a double standard. They will have to answer why they behave like this,” Moily told reporters here.
In the latest WikiLeaks revelations, Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) party leadership reportedly told US diplomats that its criticism of them in public was to score “easy political points” against the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and when they would come to power, they wouldn’t harm the India-US nuclear deal.
The latest expose — which comes after the WikiLeaks revelation that the Congress had allegedly bribed some opposition MPs to win the 2008 trust vote — drew strong reaction from the ruling party.
The BJP, however, maintained that it had genuinely opposed the nuclear liability bill and it was only because of its strong position that the government introduced 16 amendments to the legislation.
- BJP faces WikiLeaks heat on India-US deal (Lead) - Mar 19, 2011
- No double standards on n-deal, want WikiLeaks probed: BJP - Mar 19, 2011
- BJP's dependence on Wikileaks shows political bankruptcy (Comment) - Mar 26, 2011
- Advani hasn't denied expose on BJP: Yashwant Sinha - Mar 23, 2011
- Jaitley hopes Congress takes WikiLeaks cable on cash for vote scam seriously - Mar 28, 2011
- PM has no authority to continue: Third Front - Mar 17, 2011
- Facing attack, Jaitley again clarifies on 'opportunistic' WikiLeaks - Mar 28, 2011
- India's Prime Minister rejects bribery accusations in 2008 confidence vote - Mar 18, 2011
- Congress questions BJP's political ideology on WikiLeaks disclosure - Mar 19, 2011
- Cash-for-votes scam: Congress pulls up BJP for disrupting Parliamentary proceedings - Mar 22, 2011
- PM 'rejects firmly' bribery allegation on 2008 trust vote (Lead) - Mar 18, 2011
- Nachiketa denies all information about payoffs to MPs - Mar 17, 2011
- United opposition walks out over 'vote-for-cash' WikiLeaks - Mar 17, 2011
- CPI-M demands higher probe into vote-buying charge - Mar 23, 2011
- Sibal pulls up BJP over WikiLeaks revelations - Mar 27, 2011
Tags: amendments, american diplomats, bjp party, janata party, liability bill, march 19, New Delhi, nuclear deal, nuclear liability, party leadership, private conversations, progressive alliance, revelations, ruling party, strong reaction, trust vote, union law minister, UPA, veerappa, wikileaks