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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | ‘PM lied in House’ by Poornima Joshi

‘PM lied in House’ by Poornima Joshi

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published Published on Aug 17, 2011   modified Modified on Aug 17, 2011

Sushma blasts PM & defends RSS role in stir

SUSHMA Swaraj, the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday of presenting a “ pack of lies” to Parliament on the Anna Hazare episode even as she mounted a strong defence of the BJP’s ideological mother, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ( RSS), and its support to the Hazare- led movement.

In an agitated speech, interrupted intermittently by members of the treasury benches, Sushma said the PM should not take recourse to “ parliamentary procedure” while defending the police action against Hazare and his supporters. She also highlighted the mishandling of the entire issue by the government.

But the most illuminating revelation Swaraj made was about the role of the RSS in Hazare’s movement. The RSS is a part of India Against Corruption, the organisation that is officially mobilising support through bulk SMSs, e- mails, organising press conferences et al for Hazare’s movement, not directly but through Youth Against Corruption which, in turn, is an arm of the Sangh’s student wing, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad ( ABVP).

Swaraj wanted to know why the RSS’s involvement with Hazare’s movement was a matter of any debate.

“ Someone from the other side was mentioning the RSS… I don’t understand what happens to the home minister when the RSS decides to support a movement. Why does he get so agitated? “ I want to know Mr PM, why do the police not take any action when separatists from Kashmir come and make seditious speeches in Delhi? You protect their human rights.

But if a sadhu in saffron or a Gandhian supported by the RSS comes to protest in Delhi, you start raining batons on them? I want to know why people get agitated by the mere mention of the RSS. The RSS is a nationalist organisation,” she said.

She underlined the political strength the RSS, an unregistered “ cultural” organisation, wields in the country.

“ Madam Speaker, 116 MPs in this House and 45 Members of the Upper House owe allegiance to the RSS. Seven chief ministers of various states are also committed to the RSS. Do you still believe the RSS does not have support in the country? Why is the government then getting so agitated and upset if a people’s movement is supported by the RSS?” she asked.

The BJP leader targeted the PM for earlier contending in the House that Hazare was challenging the supremacy of Parliament by imposing his version of the Lokpal Bill. According to Swaraj, this was a fallacious argument because it was the government that subverted parliamentary procedure by setting up a joint committee with Hazare’s representatives to draft the contentious legislation.

“ Was it not you who bypassed parliamentary process and the entire opposition by inviting Hazare and his team to join a joint committee to draft a legislation with five senior ministers?” she asked.

“ Your statement is a pack of lies,” she said.

Mail Today, August, 2011, http://epaper.mailtoday.in/Details.aspx?boxid=4117109&id=57618&issuedate=1882011


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