Congress lashes out at BJP’s approval to Bluestar memorial

 by Punjabnewswire4u (Balbir)

CHANDIGARH, JUNE 24

 The Congress today ridiculed and lashed out at the Bhartiya Janata Party for its approval to the Operation Bluestar memorial. The party said, it was shocking as how BJP’s initial opposition to the Operation Bluestar memorial has now changed to approval thus exposing its double standards for clinging to power.

Reacting to the BJP vice president and Punjab incharge Shanta Kumar's statement on the issue, the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee general secretary and Dhuri MLA Arvind Khanna remarked, BJP seems be happy now since the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has explained to him (Kumar) that the “memorial would commemorate all those killed in Army operation, including innocent persons and not just militants”.

The Congress general secretary pointed out, this simply means that the BJP has no objection to militants’ memorial. “And when it is so for the BJP why should it oppose honouring of Balwant Singh Rajoana either?” he taunted BJP while adding, it is surprising as how a party that claims itself to be ultranationalist with zero tolerance to terrorism could approve the memorials for militants.

He asserted, the BJP was just trying to fool the masses while already having fooled itself. “There can be a memorial either for the militants or the innocents and not a combined one for the both”, he pointed out, while asking what about thousands of innocents including several BJP workers and leaders who were killed by the militants. He said, BJP owes an explanation to the families of the terrorist victims in general and the BJP workers in particular as why it approved the memorial.

 “It is clear choice between principles and power”, Khanna remarked, while pointing out, “and in this current case the BJP has opted for power while giving a damn to its principles”. He said, while there was nothing new in BJP’s double standards, but the way it has compromised and climbed down on such a crucial issue has only reaffirmed the public belief that the party can stoop to any extent to stick to the power, if at all it is allowed to enjoy any by an overwhelmingly dominating partner like Shiromani Akali Dal.