‘Antony ambushed by Parliament to take back remark’

Advani,however,expressed satisfaction that Antony’s revised statement made Indian position unambiguous over any kind of talks between the two countries against the “PMO inspired news report that the PM would be holding talks with Nawaz Sharif,and that too without the rider of 26/11 – meaning that there would be no insistence on the culprits behind the terrorist attack on Mumbai being revealed”. In the backdrop of the BJP gaining an upper hand over the ruling Congress in the first week of Parliament,Advani charged the UPA government of “messing up” the Monsoon Session.

Advani highlighted that it was Congressmen belonging to Andhra region who were disrupting Parliament despite BJP’s appeal to the government to restrain its party members. “But there was no evidence of even an attempt being made in that direction!” Advani said expressing disappointment.

While highlighting how amicably the NDA government had managed to carve out three new states in 2000,he sought to stress that “BJP was in favour of Telangana even then but because one of the supporting parties of our government at that time,namely,the TDP,was not in favour”.