Vajpayee terms Cong expulsions as fascist

Stating that 8220;this shows that the Congress has nothing but contempt for internal democracy,8221; Vajpayee remarked, 8220;Recent history reminds us that whenever the Congress has sought to crush the dissent and debate on the matters that inconvenient to the party leadership, the country has had to pay a heavy price.8221;

In another important development, Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee on Friday stated that the Prime Minister Vajpayee was correct in calling for a national debate on the issue.