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| BJP seeks PM`s intervention into Armed forces grievances | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JALANDHAR, Sept 28: Terming the protest by the Armed forces personnel against the report of 6th pay commission as "genuine", BJP President Rajnath Singh on Sunday sought intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to resolve their grievances.
"Grievances of the armed forces against the sixth pay commission should be looked into at the earliest. The Prime Minister should intervene to resolve their grievances," he told reporters on the sidelines of Vijay Sankalp rally here.
Armed forces' protest, which did not submit its voucher to claim revised salary to the Union Finance Ministry, was having its genuine grievances as pay scales of the personnel was much lower than the employees of equivalent rank in their civil counterparts, he added.
Rajnath blamed that Union Finance Minister misled the nation saying that growing inflation was due to the increase in global prices of crude oil but "now when the prices of crude oil has decreased at international level why inflation in India was not coming down?"
"The Union Minister said that low inflation and high growth rate cannot go together but NDA government had successfully controlled the inflation with continued high growth rate despite international sanctioned put on the country after Pokhran nuclear blasts," he added.
Commenting on the Indo-US Nuclear Deal, the BJP chief said NDA's apprehension about the treaty proved valid after US President wrote a letter to the US Congress and Senate's panel released its report on the treaty.
He said that no compromise would be made on the issue of sovereignty of the country with having strategic relationship with US if NDA comes to power, however, he evaded a direct reply on a query that would the alliance scrap the treaty after coming to power.
Rajnath also condemned attacks on Christians in Orissa and Bangalore but demanded an enquiry into the situation which led to the attacks.
Regarding Indo-Pak relations, especially after coming of a new political regime in the neighbouring country, he said "when Prime Minister was leaving for the US, we appealed to him that issue of cross-border terrorism should be taken up with the Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari.
Commenting of the view of Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, who advocated extending right to voter to call back elected representatives on the basis of non-performance, BJP National president said the idea was good and it should be debated at national level. |
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