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Hindu Terror:
BJP threatens parliament ruckus to force Shinde out
Thursday January 24, 2013 07:00:57 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
Keeping up its demand for sacking Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde
over his "Hindu terrorism" and "saffron terrorism" remarks, the
BJP Thursday said it will create such a situation in parliament
that will force Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to remove him.
Speaking at a rally here as part of its protests against Shinde's
remarks, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) new president Rajnath
Singh and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj
demanded an apology from top Congress leaders over Shinde's
remarks.
The BJP "will fight the issue in both houses of parliament," said
Rajnath Singh, alleging the prime minister "will not have guts" to
sack Shinde till Congress chief Sonia Gandhi speaks on the issue.
"What is your (Gandhi) view on Shinde's remarks? If you do not
give directions to Manmohan-ji that Shinde-ji should be sacked, I
want to tell you, we will create a situation in both houses of
parliament that Manmohan-ji will be forced to sack Shinde-ji. No
power on earth will be able to stop it," said the newly-installed
BJP chief.
The budget session of parliament is expected to begin in second
half of February.
Underlining that the BJP's protest was not symbolic but will "go
to the logical end", Rajnath Singh said while the party did not
expect the prime minister to speak as he "reacts with delay",
Sonia Gandhi should have reacted.
"He (Shinde) has raised such a big question on the country's
prestige, even then there is silence. No power will be able to
save him (from sacking), the BJP will create such a situation in
the country," said Rajnath Singh.
Sushma Swaraj said the prime minister and Congress chief should
"apologise" for Shinde's remarks and he should be sacked.
"Till the time an apology comes on (Shinde's) statement, our
agitation will continue," she said.
Asking Shinde not to cross his limits, Sushma Swaraj said politics
can be practised to the extent that it benefits the Congress or
even harms the BJP, but "should not be taken to a level where
national interest is affected".
"You have hurt national interest at a time when Pakistan is coming
and beheading our soldiers. You are not attacking Pakistan but
attacking the main opposition party," she claimed.
"What do you want to tell the world? There might be terror camps
in Pakistan, but here the main opposition party runs a terror
camp! Do you want to say, terrorists are sitting in parliament?
The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha is heading a terror
organisation?" she asked.
Sushma Swaraj accused the Congress of "double speak" on Shinde's
remarks, and said one of its general secretaries had justified
Shinde's remarks and another had sought to distance the party from
them.
Shinde had referred to Hindu terrorism and saffron terrorism
during the Congress conclave in Jaipur Sunday.
"Whether it is BJP or RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh), their
training camps are promoting Hindu terrorism," he had said.
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