Congress demands counter apology from BJP.Byline: ANI New Delhi/ Patna/ Ranchi (ANI): The Congress Party on Monday asked the Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata party (bär`ətēə jän`ətə) [Hindi,=Indian People's party] (BJP), Indian political party that espouses Hindu nationalism. (BJP) to tender apologies for the Babri mosque demolition and communal statements made by its leaders. Reacting to BJP leader L K Advani's demand for an apology from Congress President Sonia Gandhi for her critical remarks on the National Democratic Alliance (NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement) An agreement signed between two parties that have to disclose confidential information to each other in order to do business. In general, the NDA states why the information is being divulged and stipulates that it cannot be used for any ), Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi said, "Advani should begin by seeking an apology for Babri; he has to seek an apology for keeping quiet during Varun Gandhi's reprehensive rep·re·hen·sion n. The act of rebuking or censuring; reproval. rep  re·hen divisive speech, Praveen Togadia, Vinay Katyals and
Narendra Modi have to seek apology."
Commenting on the controversial statement of All India Congress Committee The All India Congress Committee or AICC is the Presidium or central decision-making assembly of the Indian National Congress Party. It is composed of members elected from State-level Pradesh Congress Committees and can have as many as a thousand members. (AICC AICC anti-inhibitor coagulant complex. ) General Secretary in charge of the Goa desk, B K Hariprasad, Singhvi said, "This word (sorry) applies only to the BJP. Hari Prasad has only applied Narendra Modi's sentence to himself and his leaders. Unless Modi apologises and withdraws, he should apply that statement for Advani also." Hariprasad had recently said that BJP should dump former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Hindi: अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी, IPA: and Advani into the Arabian Sea. Expressing regret over the statements, BJP President Rajnath Singh told reporters in Patna, "I expect the Congress party to condemn the statement made by its General Secretary and it should see that such comments are not made in future by its leaders." Meanwhile, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi ridiculed the Congress by saying that allies of the Congress party are contesting elections on their own despite being a part of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). He claimed that such trends are an indication of loosing strength of the ruling Congress-led UPA. "A new thing seen in these elections is that allies who are there with the Congress party, on one hand they say that they are with the Congress but then they fight elections on their own. The fate f these parties will not be different from that of Congress party and electorate will not give their mandate to these parties," opined Narendra Modi while addressing an election rally n Ranchi. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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