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A day after union government finally decided to sack Law Minister Ahwani Kumar and railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, the main opposition party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has decided to on start a seven day ‘Jail Bharo Andolan’ from May 27 to June 2.
Senior leaders of the BJP are of the view that if Prime Minister had agreed to sack these two ministers without any delay, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government could have easily saved the Budget Session.
“Many important legislations like Food Security Bill and Land Acquisition Bill were lined up for discussion and passage in Parliament but the adamant UPA opted to waste the opportunity. Last night two union ministers, facing charges of corruption and impropriety, finally resigned from their post,” said Rajnath Singh, BJP President, during a press conference.
The senior BJP leader blamed UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for delayed action against the two ministers.
Singh further said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should introspect and decide what should be done on his part to restore the faith of people in the entire political establishment.
“The government has totally lost the moral strength and it continues to survive on its numeric strength. The main source of UPA’s numeric strength comes from two parties of Uttar Pradesh, the SP and BSP. If Prime Minister introspects then he would realise that he should resign,” Singh added.
