"Rajdeep Sardesai : I am watching your program. What Satyabrat Chaturvedi is saying is absolutely false that BJP did not oppose the Bill in any forum including Lok Sabha. For his information, the Bill never came to Lok Sabha. It was introduced in Rajya Sabha and referred to Standing Committee by Rajya Sabha itself. In the All party meeting, four choices were placed before us. There were divergent views and no consensus could emerge. Aftwr the meeting Chidambaram and Kamal Nath both told me that we should send all four options to Standing Committee for thorough deliberation. After Bill was introduced in Rajya Sabha Kapil Sibal met Arun and me in my Chamber and we made our opposition very categoric and clear. We told Kapil Sibal that the Bill was wrong and unconstitutional. It was because of our opposition that the Bill was referred to the Standing Committee. And when the Ordinance was promulgated, we voiced our opposition on day one and requested the President not to sign the Ordinance. We said the Ordinance was immoral, illegal and unconstitutional. We opposed the Bill. We opposed the Ordinance. What Cong is spreading since morning is complete falsehood." - Sushma Swaraj on Twitter | bit.ly/1dWm9VW
Posted on: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 20:11:18 +0000
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