It is a sad reflection on the opposition party: Digvijay Singh
NEW DELHI: On Tuesday Congress said BJP veteran L K Advani’s remarks that Anna Hazare’s fast achieved more in four days than what the opposition had in two months was a “sad reflection on the opposition party”.
AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh told reporters, “It is a sad reflection on the opposition party” when asked to comment on Advani’s remarks.
Abhishek Singhvi the Congress spokesperson also took a jibe at the BJP leader for his insistence for the introduction of Lokpal Bill in the monsoon session of Parliament itself.
“For six years (when NDA was in power), neither he wrote any blog nor took even a minor steps for setting up of Lokpal,” was Singhvi’s refrain to Advani’s remarks that he had told Pranab Mukherjee that the bill should be passed in monsoon session itself and yhat there should be no delay in tackling corruption.
Singhvi also reacted with sarcasm to Advani’s refrain that disapproved of spreading disdain against politicians saying his “comments are in stark contrast to his previous silence” on the issue. Hailing Anna Hazare’s campaign for a “more effective” Lokpal Bill, Advani today disapproved of those who revel in spreading a climate of disdain about politics and politicians which he said was a gross disservice to democracy.
“I am of the view that those who revel in spreading a general climate of disdain about politics and politicians are doing a gross disservice to democracy,” Advani said. Reacting to it, Singhvi said,”We hope that Advani has said it seriously and that his earlier silence on the issue was not political opportunism.
He said, “Congress has been saying it from the beginning that individuals assign to themselves the role of the government There is no place for a parallel government in Parliamentary democracy. What Advani has said today is in stark contrast to his earlier silence on the issue. We hope that his comments are not opportunism.”
