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BJP TODAY
May 16--31, 2005 - Vol. 14, No. 10
Cover Story : Why this boycott?
Opposition humiliation unacceptable : NDA
NDA left with no alternative but to boycott remaining session of
Parliament
Statement issued on May 04, 2005
All the constitutent 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
led Government 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 session, i.e. until
13th May, 2005.
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