Wednesday, June 24, 1998
Jaya hits the ceiling
AIADMK chief J Jayalalitha yesterday accused Union Home Minister L K Advani of having "scant regard for the nation's security" and charged the Bharatiya Janata Party leadership with "selective amnesia" on the issue of dismissal of the DMK government in Tamil Nadu. Claiming that the assurances for the dismissal had been given on several occasions, Jayalalitha, in a hard-hitting 13-page statement, said the "selective amnesia" of BJP leadership and its forgetfulness on some other crucial issues was "most unfortunate."
Congress ready but prefers to wait
The Congress yesterday made its readiness to form the government at the Centre public but took the risky step of acting tough on Sharad Pawar's followers for the Maharashtra Rajya Sabha mess, a decision which could undo the party's efforts to return to 7, Race Course Road. For sometime now, the Congress leadership has been divided on the issue of replacing the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government by one of its own, with a majority of the CWC members in favour of toppling the rightist alliance at the Centre.
Swamy moots alternative front against BJP Government
Janata Party president Dr Subramanian Swamy said the only alternative to the BJP-led coalition at the Centre was a "stable, secular and patriotic front". Swamy said continuance of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government would lead to danger and the only way to counter it would be to go in for the alternative front.
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