Author: PTI
Publication: Rediff.com
Date: December 4, 2007
URL: http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/dec/04cong.htm
Exasperated over naming of popular projects
after members of the Nehru-Gandhi family, the BJP on Tuesday asked the ruling
party whether the country was devoid of any other great leader.
"All new institutions and programmes
are named after Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi [Images] and Jawaharlal Nehru.
All limits of sycophancy have been crossed by this government," BJP deputy
leader in the Lok Sabha V K Malhotra said.
The government brought three bills named after
Rajiv, Indira and Nehru on a single day yesterday, Malhotra said and alleged
the government's attitude was that there were no great leaders other than
those in the Gandhi-Nehru family.
"This is objectionable," he told
reporters. The government has even forgotten Mahatma Gandhi [Images] and Sardar
Vallabhai Patel, he said and took a dig at Congress chief Sonia Gandhi [Images],
alleging she remembered Gandhiji and Patel only when she went to Gujarat for
electioneering.
He said the BJP parliamentary party, which
met on Tuesday, condemned the government's stand that the minimum support
for rice could not be increased and decided to support the agitation by farmers
in South India.
"Peasants are on a warpath in southern
states. We will support their demand inside and outside Parliament and take
part in their agitation," Malhotra added.
During the meeting, Leader of Opposition L
K Advani also asked all party MPs to devote time for campaigning in Gujarat.
