New Delhi: Sushma Swaraj's bid to link the terror attack in Srinagar with the lunch hosted in Jaipur to Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf today irked External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid who advised the Leader of Opposition to take tablets to improve her memory.
India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Narendra Modi, left, and Sushma Swaraj speak during a meeting in New Delhi, India, Saturday, March 2, 2013. The two-day long national council meeting of the BJP began Saturday.
India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj, center, talks to L.K. Advani, second from right, as Narendra Modi, left, watches them during a meeting in New Delhi, India, Saturday, March 2, 2013. The two-day long national council meeting of the BJP began Saturday.
India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi (L) talks with Indian opposition leader Sushma Swaraj during a BJP National Council two day meeting in New Delhi on March 2, 2013. Amid calls for a larger role for him Modi won singular praise from BJP President Rajnath Singh for being the 'most popular' chief minister having registered 'never before' three consecutive electoral wins for the party in Gujarat. In a poll published in January, 36 percent of voters surveyed said Modi would make the best prime minister -- well ahead of his likely election rival Rahul Gandhi of the ruling Congress party who had just 22 percent.
Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj today attacked the Congress and Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde for his statements about BJP and RSS camps fostering terror, and said the BJP would not call off its agitation against his statements until Shinde resigned.
Until the Congress party apologises, PM apologises and Shinde is dismissed we will continue this agitation, Swaraj said.
India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajnath Singh (R) and leader of the opposition party Sushma Swaraj attend a BJP protest demanding Indian Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde's resignation for alleging that the BJP and The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) were behind attacks on non-Hindus during a protest in New Delhi on January 27, 2013. BJP leaders have demanded the resignation of Mr Shinde for the comments and they want an apology from the congress led government.
