TDP flays Vajpayee Govt for failure8217;

The mention in the President8217;s address that the government was committed to upholding secularism was quot;far from the reality,quot; he said.

quot;To say the government is committed to secularism is nothing but hypocrisy as people in general are living in a state of panic after the recent attacks on Christians and Dalits,quot; he said.

Strongly defending the coalition, BJP member S P Gautam said the Vajpayee Government had taken a number of steps to put the country8217;s economy back on track.

quot;It would be wrong to describe the government as anti-minority as most of the states where Christians and Muslims have been attacked are ruled by non-BJP parties,quot; he said. The discussion which began yesterday, remained inconclusive today.