Congress calls Modi govt 'fascist', JD(U) backs demand for probe in snooping row
Congress calls Modi govt 'fascist', JD(U) backs demand for probe in snooping row
Express News Service : New Delhi, Tue Nov 19 2013, 09:49 hrs
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"Gujarat is probably not a democratic state of India. It is not functioning according to the democratic norms. It is kind of a fascist arrangement and in this fascist arrangement the dictator is one and that is the Chief Minister. He can kill anybody, he can put anyone under illegal surveillance and he always has one answer — that there is threat to the state," said senior party leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi.
"BJP claims lady protected at father's behest. Was threat assessed? Why PSOs not provided?" tweeted Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari. "Why court ignominy of being the Stalking Sahebzada," he tweeted.
Besides Joshi, the Congress also fielded Sobha Ojha to step up the attack. "The Gujarat government is not answering, that means it has something to hide. If it cannot answer, the government should step down on moral grounds," said Joshi. "The saheb will have to reply. And his government will have to reply. If the BJP thinks they can just wave off the issue by attacking and accusing the Congress, they are mistaken. We will not let it go like this," she added.
Supporting the Congress's demand for a probe by a Supreme Court judge, the JD(U) also demanded Modi's resignation. "The BJP tends to demand a high-level inquiry and resignation in every case. It is obvious by now that the person referred to as Saheb... is none other than Modi. Therefore, Modi must step down pending the inquiry," said JD(U) secretary-general and Rajya Sabha member K C Tyagi. He said the use of state machinery and ATS for "snooping on the private life of a young woman" was not only illegal, but also indefensible. He asked how the issue had remained under wraps even after a senior IPS officer had handed over the tapes of his conversations with Shah to the CBI.
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