New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Parliamentary Party, which met here on Tuesday said that it would support the government in passing the Food Security Bill 2011 and the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill 2011 provided Union Law and Justice Minister Ashwani Kumar and Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal are asked to step down from their respective offices.
BJP leader Gopinath Munde said the main opposition party would allow the passage of Food Security Bill and the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill after the resignation of Bansal and Kumar.
"Yesterday, the UPA Government tried to pass the Food Security Bill, but from starting of the session, we have demanded the resignation of Ashwani Kumar. Now, because of Bansal's nephew, who had taken ninety lakh rupees, he is involved in corruption. So, we demand the resignation of Bansal also," Munde told mediapersons after the meeting.
"So, if they give the resignation or the Congress removes them from the Cabinet, then we will pass both the bills, Food Security and Land Acquisition," he added.
Meanwhile, the Lok Sabha adjourned for the day, while the Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 3 p.m.
At the start of the day's session, Bhakta Charan Das of the Congress was the first to be called. But as soon as he started speaking in support of the Bill, the opposition members rushed he well of the Lower House, and demanded the Prime Minister's resignation.
When his appeal for order went unheeded time and again, the Chair adjourned the House till Wednesday.
In the Rajya Sabha, the BJP and the Asom Gana Parishad members rushed into the well, disrupting the proceedings.
The BJP members demanded the Prime Minister's resignation, while AGP was protested against the proposed Constitution Amendment to facilitate the exchange of certain territories between India and Bangladesh, as per a mutual agreement.
Following uproar over the issue, Deputy Chairman P J Kurien adjourned the House till 3 pm. (ANI)
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Comments:
Rajinder Sharma PSTC
May 10, 2013 at 12:17 AM
I am Rajinder Sharma, a resident of Chandigarh and
former State Union Leader of Punjab State Tubewell
Corporation. I have spent my whole life in
Chandigarh and seen the city progress under the
honest administration of Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal. Our
city has seen great development during his tenure.
He hasn't done any corruption in all his life and
this case is a way of maligning an honest person.
Just because his relative does something, it DOES
NOT mean that Mr. Bansal should be held guilty. its
RIDICULOUS! Just because BJP is saying he should be
sacked, it would be a great injustice to an honest
leader. Our country needs honest people the most at
this time!
I TRULY believe that he is clean. Also, I trust that
there is not even ONE person in the whole city of
Chandigarh who can stand up and say that he has
taken bribe from ANYONE! There's not a single
person. He has such clean image in our city. People
are just seeing what the press is showing them.
Rajinder Sharma
Former Union Trade Leader,
Punjab State Tubewell Corporation,
Sector-26
Chandigarh