Cong should do soul-searching before accusing us, says BJP

“Mrs Gandhi should spell out clearly as to who undermined and circumvented the Constitutional provisions after Independence. She should state who suspended the fundamental rights and dictated terms to the judiciary during the Emergency,” he said, adding “If at all anyone has done all this, it is late prime minister Indira Gandhi.”

The BJP veteran said it was unbecoming of Sonia to have used an occassion where negativism was not called for, to express her views and dared her to name even one non-congressman who was responsible for undermining the Constitution. “She dare not because she cannot,” he quipped.

While Sonia, he added, was free to have her views on the BJP or the Prime Minister, it was painful and surprising that she chose to deride the party and the Prime Minister from the Election Commission forum.

It was the Congress, Krishnamurthy alleged, which amended the Constitution about 75 times. “But it is now finding faults with us for setting up a Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) comprising experts from various fields,” he said.

Observing that the CRC’s recommendations would not be thrust upon the people, he said they would be subject to public debate and parliamentary approval.