New Delhi: LJP Chief Ramvilas Paswan on Sunday
attacked BJP for its statement that it does not agree with
Shiv Sena's stand on Shah Rukh Khan episode and accused the
saffron party of double-speak.
"It is just like hunting with Shiv Sainiks and running
with Bihari votes. It is yet another instance of BJP's
double-speak," Paswan said.
The former Union Minister dared BJP to break its ties
with Shiv Sena, saying "if BJP has any sincerity about larger
national interest, the party should part ways with Shiv Sena."
Attacking the BJP ally JD (U), which is leading the NDA
government in Bihar, Paswan said, "this also holds true for JD
(U), which talks of nationalism and secularism but it is
sitting with communal forces like BJP, the party which is in
alliance with Shiv Sena in Maharashtra," he said.
On Thursday, BJP had criticised its long time ally Shiv
Sena for its tirade against the matinee idol by calling him a
traitor and tearing off posters of his forthcoming movie.
"We do not consider it proper to take recourse to
violence as a form of protest," BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar
Prasad had said referring to the tearing down of posters of
Khan's latest film "My Name is Khan" allegedly by Shiv Sainiks
in Mumbai.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, February 07, 2010, 18:00