BJP to raise chopper deal, Shinde''s ''Hindu terror'' remark in Budget Session
New Delhi, Feb. 19: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Parliamentary
Executive Committee, which met here on Tuesday decided to raise Union
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde''s ''Hindu terror'' remark, the VVIP
chopper deal and the drought situation in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra
in the upcoming Budget Session of Parliament.
"A meeting of the
Bharatiya Janata Party Parliamentary Executive Committee was held here
today under Advani''s leadership in which senior leaders Sushma Swaraj,
Venkaiah Naidu, Jaswant Singh, Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi and other senior
leaders were present. There was a discussion on the strategy for the
upcoming Session of Parliament," said BJP chief spokesperson Ravi
Shankar Prasad.
"The strategy will be brought to a final
conclusion after the NDA meeting, which will take place tomorrow at 5 p.
m. We will hold discussions with our allies in that meeting," he added.
Prasad,
who is the Deputy Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, further said the
BJP has taken very seriously Home Minister''s remark wherein he has
accused the BJP and the RSS of running training camps.
"The Home
Minister should apologise, this has been our demand and we will take
this issue very seriously. The corruption surrounding the helicopter
deal was also discussed. So, we will raise this issue also for
discussion," said Prasad.
"We will discuss further strategies in
the NDA meeting tomorrow. The other serious issues that were discussed
are the brutal beheading of an Indian solider by Pakistani soldiers and
the drought situation in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra," he added. (ANI)