With the focus on coming assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab and corporation elections in the capital, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, on Tuesday said that BJP MPs should make special efforts to project the various welfare programmes undertaken by the government so as to portray a positive image of party. Addressing the last meeting of the parliamentary party in the current session, he said the efforts of the Opposition to corner the government on issues like UTI, saffronisation of education and Ayodhya were nullified, party spokesman V K Malhotra told reporters.
Vajpayee said what was speculated by the Opposition about the government just before the beginning of the current monsoon session of Parliament has been proved wrong and the Opposition is unable to succeed in its conspiracy. He said the Opposition failed to nail the government on any major issue and this only showed that they were a divided lot but Vajpayee felt that despite this, party MPs should remain alert and propagate the good work done by the NDA government in various fields, Malhotra said.
Bureau Report