New Delhi: Deputy Leader of BJP in Lok Sabha
Sushma Swaraj, who was to initiate the debate on her party`s
behalf on the Liberhan Commission report, today decided to
bestow the honour on president Rajnath Singh, an offer he
readily accepted.
Sources close to Swaraj said Rajnath Singh expressed his
desire to speak on any one of the issues in currency in the
ongoing session of Parliament.
Swaraj is said to have suggested the sugarcane price
issue but the BJP president rejected it as he felt the topic
was virtually dead after the opposition demands were ceded to
by the government.
Rajnath also had a problem with dates as he is spending
most of his time campaigning for his party in poll-bound
Jharkhand.
Keeping these aspects in mind, Swaraj then offered that
he speak on the Liberhan Commission report in which RSS and
other organs of the Sangh Parivar as well as senior BJP
leaders like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L K Advani and Murli
Manohar Joshi have been indicted. Rajnath is said to have
readily given his consent to it.
Sources close to Swaraj said she suggested that as per
the protocol and preference by seniority, Rajnath Singh --
being the party president -- should initiate the debate and
not speak after her. This too was accepted by him and he will
be the first BJP leader to speak in the debate on December 1.
PTI
