Chennai, May 31: BJP today said there was no danger
to the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh following the
withdrawal of support by Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal.
"The BSP-BJP coalition government in that state is
stable. Numbers are in our favour and there is no threat to
our ministry," BJP President M Venkaiah Naidu told a press
conference here.
On chances of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan
Singh's return to the BJP's fold, he said "our doors are
closed to him,".
Earlier releasing a book, "our constitution-distortions
done during the emergency-and the need for a review," authored
by BJP National Council member Dr H V Hande, he said such
books would only guide the future generations on the ills of
emergency.
Defending Article 356 of the constitution, he said it
would help a strong Centre, but its usage should be at a
minimum.
He said the present anti-defection law encouraged
"wholesale defection but barred retail defection" adding that
there was need for a fresh law.
The report of the Venkatachaliah Committee, which
reviewed the working of the constitution, should be subjected
to a nation-wide debate to enable the Centre to take steps to
plug the loopholes in the constitution.
Bureau Report
