Rajeev Shukla's 'bites' on BJP leaders 'bytes'

New Delhi, Sep 22 (ANI): Congress Member of Parliament Rajeev Shukla on Saturday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders are into the habit of giving unnecessary 'bytes without realizing their consequences.

Shukla, who was commenting on the minor protest against Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh at the Vigyan Bhavan here earlier in the day, said the BJP is one party which always jumps to take political advantage of everything.

"Certain leaders of BJP they are into habit of giving bytes, whenever they see any camera they jump into it and they try to give bytes on everything without realizing the consequences of those bytes. One should not give importance to such things," said Shukla.

"They do all these things in order to grab publicity. They should not encourage these people by giving them too much publicity. As far as security aspect is concerned, security agencies will look into it," he added

BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain earlier today said the protest against the Prime Minister proves that the people of this country are angry at the move to allow FDI in retail sector and the rampant inflation.

"We have heard now about the incident, but don't know the motive behind the incident. But it is for sure that the common man of this country is angry over the move to allow FDI in retail sector and the rampant inflation," said Hussain.

"The friends of this government are gradually decreasing and their opponents are increasing," he added, while taking a jibe at the Congress-led UPA Government over Trinamool Congress (TMC) pull out.

A man raised slogans against the Prime Minister and attempted to disrupt his speech at the conference on 'Economic Growth in Asia and Changes of Corporate Environment' at the Vigyan Bhawan here earlier today.

The man, who was seated in the audience, stood up on his chair, took off his shirt and began raising slogans like 'Pradhanmantri vapas jao' (Prime Minister go back) just when the Prime Minister was about to begin his speech.

The protester has been identified as Santosh Kumar Suman, who is registered as a lawyer in the Supreme Court Bar Association.

Suman, 33, was immediately whisked away by Special Protection Group (SPG) personnel. He has been taken to Tughlak Road Police Station for questioning. (ANI)