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| Advani remark angers Sonia, |
| Advani remark angers Sonia, PM calls comment 'disgraceful'
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| INDIA
, 8-August-2012
6:51:23 AM |
| Senior BJP leader LK Advani caused a perfect storm in the Lok Sabha today with a remark that questioned the legitimacy of the UPA government. He was speaking on the ethnic violence in Assam, an issue that has dominated the first day of Parliament's Monsoon Session.
An angry Sonia Gandhi showed rare agitation as she immediately demanded that the remark be withdrawn and then turned to her MPs and exhorted them to ensure Mr Advani withdrew it. After a very strong rebuttal from the Congress, the BJP leader, initially reluctant, did withdraw his comment; he also clarified that he had not meant to suggest that the results of the 2009 general elections were not valid. He was referring, he said, to a controversial No-Confidence Motion that UPA 1 had scraped through in 2008.
The damage was done. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Mr Advani's remark "on UPA 2 is disgraceful and unfortunate." Congress leader and Mrs Gandhi's son Rahul Gandhi refused comment but pointedly said, "He is a senior person, he knows what he is saying, won't like to comment on this."
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