BJP parliamentary board meet: Aggressive campaign against UPA discussed
New Delhi, July 5: The BJP parliamentary board Thursday discussed steps to launch an "aggressive" campaign, on "war-footing" against the UPA government for the coming assembly and Lok Sabha polls while expressing concern over the
Briefing reporters after the meetings which lasted almost two hours, party general secretary Ananth Kumar said that the parliamentary board discussed the "misuse of CBI by the government".
The BJP is miffed at the way Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has handled the probe into the Ishrat Jahan case and is apprehensive about the probe reaching the doorstep of former Gujarat minister Amit Shah. Shah, recently appointed Uttar Pradesh in charge, is considered close to Modi.
The CBI charge sheet in the case Wednesday termed the gunfight as fake and said it was engineered by the Guajrat Police and the Intelligence Bureau.
Ananth Kumar alleged the Congress was using CBI as a political tool.
"We condemn the misuse of CBI. We demand that CBI should function independently," he said.
He said the parliamentary board discussed the preparations for the coming assembly polls in five states - Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Mizoram - at the end of the year and the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
"The workers are conducting a campaign to reach individual houses. We will hold meetings of 1,500-2,000 booth workers in each parliamentary constituency and also in assembly seats facing elections," he said.
The BJP is miffed at the way Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has handled the probe into the Ishrat Jahan case and is apprehensive about the probe reaching the doorstep of former Gujarat minister Amit Shah. Shah, recently appointed Uttar Pradesh in charge, is considered close to Modi.
The CBI charge sheet in the case Wednesday termed the gunfight as fake and said it was engineered by the Guajrat Police and the Intelligence Bureau.
Ananth Kumar alleged the Congress was using CBI as a political tool.
"We condemn the misuse of CBI. We demand that CBI should function independently," he said.
He said the parliamentary board discussed the preparations for the coming assembly polls in five states - Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Mizoram - at the end of the year and the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
"The workers are conducting a campaign to reach individual houses. We will hold meetings of 1,500-2,000 booth workers in each parliamentary constituency and also in assembly seats facing elections," he said.