BJP wants NDA allies to be part of nationwide stir

The party also constituted a six-member committee comprising Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Vijay Goel, Balbir Punj, Ravishankar Prasad and Prakash Javdekar that will prepare a blueprint for the agitation. The NDA will now meet on Monday to discuss the nitty-gritty of the agitation.

“Prices of essential commodities have never shot up to such a high in such a short span of time before. Whenever the Congress has come to power, prices have increased,” party chief Rajnath Singh said after a meeting of office-bearers.

A political resolution adopted at the meeting condemned Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s suggestion for using Pakistani currency in Jammu and Kashmir and asked the Congress to explain its position. The post-election Nepal scenario and the UPA Government’s stand on the Chinese crackdown on Tibetans “that hurt the nation’s independent foreign policy” was also discussed.

The BJP has decided to hold its national executive in Jaipur in the last week of May.

Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha activists have decided to fan out across the country to get views of hoi polloi on price rise.

The activists would pose as reporters of Mehngai TV and present Congress president Sonia Gandhi with a CD with the aam aadmi’s woes. A mock exercise, wherein the “Manmohan Bank” extends loans to the aam aadmi to buy everyday essentials, would also be undertaken.