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Congress accuses Vajpayee of `flip-flop` on Kashmir
New Delhi, June 04: Accusing Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee of `flip-flop` on Kashmir, the Congress today objected to his making various statements on the subject and said he should have taken the nation and parliament into confidence before speaking in a foreign land.
New Delhi, June 04: Accusing Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee of "flip-flop" on Kashmir, the Congress today objected to his making various statements on the subject and said he should have taken the nation and parliament into confidence before speaking in a foreign land.
"During his foreign visit, Vajpayee made several announcements with regard to Pakistan and Jammu and Kashmir. At one place, he talked about serious compromise on Kashmir. He even announced retirement if he failed in his Kashmir initiative," Congress spokesman Anand Sharma told reporters.
"On his return, the Prime Minister is talking about PoK. We take serious objection to Vajpayee's statements on such a sensitive issue outside India without taking political parties and parliament into confidence", he said.
Vajpayee on his return from the three-nation tour had said last night that if talks were to resume with Pakistan on Kashmir issue, it has to be on the one-third portion of Kashmir which was under Pakistani occupation.
Stating that the Prime Minister's "flip-flop" policies were not in the interests of the nation, he said it was expected from him to follow traditions of consensus on major national issues.
He also assailed BJP president M Venkaiah Naidu for his "double and multiple" speak on construction of Ram temple and Babri Masjid side by side at Ayodhya as also projecting Prime Minister Vajpayee and Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani as the twin leaders leading the election campaign for the next Lok Sabha polls.
Bureau Report
"During his foreign visit, Vajpayee made several announcements with regard to Pakistan and Jammu and Kashmir. At one place, he talked about serious compromise on Kashmir. He even announced retirement if he failed in his Kashmir initiative," Congress spokesman Anand Sharma told reporters.
"On his return, the Prime Minister is talking about PoK. We take serious objection to Vajpayee's statements on such a sensitive issue outside India without taking political parties and parliament into confidence", he said.
Vajpayee on his return from the three-nation tour had said last night that if talks were to resume with Pakistan on Kashmir issue, it has to be on the one-third portion of Kashmir which was under Pakistani occupation.
Stating that the Prime Minister's "flip-flop" policies were not in the interests of the nation, he said it was expected from him to follow traditions of consensus on major national issues.
He also assailed BJP president M Venkaiah Naidu for his "double and multiple" speak on construction of Ram temple and Babri Masjid side by side at Ayodhya as also projecting Prime Minister Vajpayee and Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani as the twin leaders leading the election campaign for the next Lok Sabha polls.
Bureau Report