PRESS RELEASES
May
04, 2005
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Statement of the leader of the All the constituent parties of the NDA met this morning in the room of the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Shri L.K. Advani. The Chairperson of the NDA, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, presided over the meeting. The NDA leaders reviewed the developments of the last few days. There was complete unanimity with regard to the future course of action. The NDA is fully and solidly united on this issue. The developments which have taken place over the last few days further confirmed the feeling that the NDA has had over the last eleven months that the UPA Government is determined to humiliate the Opposition at every possible opportunity. The Congress Party and the Government led by it expect the Opposition to apologise to them for asserting its parliamentary rights and demanding that it be heard by the Treasury benches. The Press Adviser to the Prime Minister issues a statement after a meeting of the Congress party that the Prime Minister would not appeal to the Opposition to return to Parliament. The Treasury benches take the fullest advantage of the Opposition's absence to raise ridiculous issues against the Opposition and level charges against it in both Houses of Parliament. The Government's attitude, on the whole, during the last few days has become more obnoxious, to say the least. The letter of Hon'ble Speaker of Lok Sabha to the Chairperson of the NDA was also discussed. It was felt that since the Opposition's grievances were against the Government and the Treasury benches, perhaps the Hon'ble Speaker should have written on this issue to the Prime Minister also. A letter to the Chairperson of the NDA alone is not enough to end the current stalemate which is entirely the creation of the Government and the Treasury benches. After considering the issue of boycott in detail, the NDA leaders have unanimously come to the conclusion that in view of the Government's undemocratic and intemperate attitude towards the Opposition and its complete disregard of all parliamentary norms and standards, the NDA has no alternative except to boycott the rest of the session, i.e., until 13th May, 2005. |
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