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The BJP on Wednesday slammed the Liberhan Commission report as a tragedy of errors,citing factual mistakes in the voluminous report and asked how former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee was named by the Commission without even being given a chance to depose and defend himself.
Arun Jaitley,Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha,led the partys charge against Justice Liberhan and described him as a 8220;puny8221; judge who prolonged his 8220;self-employment for 17 years.
The Commission is a truth investigator,not a political pundit 8230;The Judge ignored entire evidence and came to a finding8230; he named Vajpayee without calling him for deposing before the Commission as is required under Section 8 b of the Commission of Inquiry Act. Whoever wrote this report misjudged Vajpayees credibility,naming him was an overkill, he said.
Pointing out errors,he said,He errs on basic facts8230;Gets the date of Mahatma Gandhis assassination wrong8230;He says Veer Savarkar was the founder of the RSS8230;puts M A Jinnahs words in the mouth of RSS ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyay8230;calls Gulzarilal Nanda a die-hard Hindu8230; and you want the country to take the report seriously? He added that the Commission had a bias against social justice and the Mandal Commission.
Pointing at the 48 extensions given to the Commission,Jaitley mocked at Justice Liberhans recommendation that retired persons should not get employment.
BJP thanks PM for apology
NEW DELHI: The BJP praised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for showing grace in apologising for the demeaning remarks made by Congress MP Beni Prasad Verma against Atal Bihari Vajpayee. We thank the PM for showing the grace in apologising when his attention was drawn to the issue. It was decided that if the Prime Minister apologised,we would let the Lok Sabha function,otherwise stage a walk-out, Deputy Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said on Wednesday. ENS
