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BJP slams Sonia for 'Kremlinisation' of politics

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Posted: Jan 29, 2008 at 1745 hrs IST

New Delhi, January 29: Taking a dig at the Left, the BJP on Tuesday accused Congress president Sonia Gandhi of ‘Kremlinisation of Indian politics’ observing that her mother-in-law and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had only ‘used them’ whenever she needed.

Attacking the Congress for making the Left parties an important player in the nation's polity, senior party leader L K Advani said "no party has given such place to Communists as Congress has done. It has indeed resulted in the 'Kremlinisation' of Indian politics."

Advani, who has always remained a prominent Communist baiter, told the party's national council in New Delhi on Tuesday that Communists always worked against the national interest.

"Congress knows well the real face of the Communists and their role in history including in the freedom movement," he said.

Advani charged that the Communists in the UPA government as enjoying "the veto power in major decisions and it has led to the devaluation of institutions."

He said Indira Gandhi did take their support but had only used them.

He said the Left parties not only "disagreed on a JPC on Indo-US nuclear deal but went ahead to make an arrangement involving only them and the UPA."

"It is a matter of concern that the Left parties put on a facade of opposition on nuclear deal but were unable to strike at the UPA when it persisted and still persists with the deal," the political resolution passed by the National Council said.

Another senior leader Jaswant Singh noted that "the Communists hold the brakes of the UPA while the accelerator is in 10, Janpath (Sonia Gandhi's residence)".

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