Author: CNN-IBN
Publication: IBNLive.com
Date: August 25, 2011
URL: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bjp-slams-upa-for-its-handling-of-anna-movement/178558-37-64.html
The BJP on Thursday asked the government to
withdraw its Lokpal Bill and make Jan Lokpal Bill the basis for discussion
in Parliament on Friday.
"Anna's bill should be discussed in Parliament.
I appeal to the Prime Minister that Anna's health should be taken into consideration
and a way out of this must be found. We have requested that Anna's bill should
be in Parliament and there should be a debate on it," said BJP president
Nitin Gadkari.
BJP on Thursday slammed the UPA for its "changing
stance" and "hardening of posture" in dealing with Anna Hazare's
anti-graft agitation and warned the government against any misadventure in
this regard.
In a letter to Hazare, BJP President Nitin
Gadkari said he was "shocked" to learn that the government has "backed
out" on all the promises made to Team Anna.
"The nation was given to understand by
the government that the talks with Team Anna were progressing satisfactorily
and that a mutually agreed solution was in sight. I fail to understand where
things have gone wrong," Gadkari said.
He wondered whether it was a result of bickerings
within the government.
Gadkari said BJP strongly deplores the "changing
stance of the government and its visible hardening of postures in dealing
with your agitation. The BJP warns the government against any misadventure
in this regard."
He said the BJP appealed to Hazare to end
his fast after the government said a solution was being worked out. The BJP
chief said as his party favours a strong Lokpal Bill, it accepts Hazare's
Jan Lokpal Bill to be the basis for a strong measure to deal with corruption.
He, however, hastened to add that BJP would
not get into "procedural wrangles" on how it was achieved by the
government.