BJP fears Indo-Pak war may overshadow election prospects

[Salahadin]

NEW DELHI: India’s largest opposition party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ‘shuddered with the fear’ of a war or any such action against Pakistan that may overshadow its poll prospects as the party began a three-day conclave in Nagpur on Friday to finalise preparations for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The fear was reflected in BJP President Rajnath Singh’s address to the conclave expressing apprehensions over Congress President Sonia Gandhi talking of the government keeping the ‘direct action’ option open on the Mumbai attacks issue. “War should not be abused as a tool to fulfil political objectives,” he said while opening the closed-door executive meeting.

Strong steps: The government had not done much on the Mumbai terror attacks even after more than two months, Singh said while demanding strong steps against Pakistan. As part of such steps, he demanded India pull out of the joint anti-terror mechanism with Pakistan in view of ‘Islamabad’s repeated denial’ on the Mumbai attacks. Even while suspecting the Congress may resort to the action Sonia Gandhi referred to against Pakistan, to create support in its favour, Singh stressed the nation ‘wants to fight terrorism’.

BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad was hard put to explain whether the BJP would oppose any war with Pakistan if the government resorted to it as the strongest possible action. He referred to opposition leader Lal Krishna Advani who had declared that the BJP would stand with the government in any steps it took against terrorism adding that war was a ‘serious issue’ and ‘the government should take us into confidence on any such step’.

 

[Bane Blade]

Isn't this the same party that recently apologized in public over the Babri Masjid incedent and has very strong links to the RSS a pity they are anti war I thought their main agenda is to fight with Pakistan.

 

[India_loves_peace]

BJP has never apologised for Babri demolition.....It is Kalyan singh -the rebel from BJP who apologised. Kalyan singh has done it for fulfilling his ambitions and getting votes from minority communities in next elections.
You can see the timing of apology.....almost 15 years after the incident just before the elections....
And secondly BJP was never for war against pakistan...Vajpayee govt had started amritsar lahore bus service and was indulged in peace talk with pak when it was in government.
It is false perception of pak and even minorities in India that BJP is against muslims or even RSS is against muslims. I have been member of RSS and many of muslims are involved in RSS work now.
Congress has always got votes of minorities till now and have done little for their development.
Just to clear misconceptions