Rajasthan Chief Minister Raje, whose alleged involvement in the Lalit Modi row has seen her being targeted by Congress, and her Madhya Pradesh counterpart, who is under attack over the Vyapam scam in his state, will be presenting their side of the story to the party so that the government can effectively deal with the opposition, sources said. “The BJP should take action against them and ask for their resignations”, Tiwari told ANI here.
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The Congress on Tuesday demanded the resignations of union minister Sushma Swaraj and BJP chief ministers Vaundhara Raje and Shivraj Singh Chouhan before discussions on any other issue with the NDA government could start.
The sources said the party and the government were ready to discuss all controversial issues with the Opposition but they should also be ready for discussion.
Bracing for the opposition onslaught in Parliament, government and the ruling BJP decided to aggressively counter the attack on its leaders like Swaraj, Raje and Chouhan and rake up controversies that involved some Congress leaders.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to meet senior NDA constituentson Mondayto present a united front in Parliament to face the opposition fireworks on Vyapam scam and the Lalit Modi controversy.
Before meeting the allies at his residence, Modi may also attend two separate all-party meetings called by Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to discuss ways to ensure a smooth session. Our Home Minister says that “we aren’t the UPA that we’ll take resignations, we are the NDA”. The Monsoon session is expected to last till August 13.
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Congress has threatened to disrupt Parliament if its demands for ouster of Raje, External Affairs Minister Swaraj and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Chouhan are not acceded to.
