New Delhi, Aug 18: Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani today highlighted the achievements of four year old Vajpayee-led NDA government in response to Sonia` Gandhi`s charges. While welcoming the no-confidence motion, he challenged Sonia Gandhi`s authority.
Highlights of Advani`s speech:

  • Advani welcomes no-confidence motion as an opportunity to highlight government`s achievements

  • Stature of India has grown in last five years: Advani

  • Advani terms Pokhran as turning point

  • Govt wants development to become core subject of national consensus: Advani

  • Roads and highways being constructed at rapid speed across the country: Adavni

  • Inter-linking of rivers is a step towards development: Advani

  • Government has set up task force on IT: Advani

  • Government has controlled proxy-war: Advani

  • White paper on ISI activities not presented on behest of those fighting terrorism: Advani

  • Advani justifies Pota as essential to combat terrorism

  • Government ensured free and fair polls in J&K: Advani

  • Advani accuses Congress of horse-trading to form government in Arunachal

  • Advani defends government`s independent foreign policy

  • Thirty countries back India`s claim to a seat in UN Security Council: Advani

  • Centre working closely with J&K govt to fight proxy war and bring back normalcy

  • India`s vibrant democracy acts as a constraint on fundamentalism: Advani

  • Advani challenges Sonia`s leadership; says Opposition has no alternative leader

    • Bureau Report