The Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has strongly rejected the opposition allegation that India Pakistan talks were held under US pressure. Dr Singh on Wednesday intervened several times during the over an hour long speech of BJP Leader Mr L K Advani to set the record straight. He said there is no change in the US policy towards India and Pakistan after Barack Obama took over as the President. AIR Parliamentary correspondent reports that on the charge of Mr Advani on one rank one pension, the Prime Minister attacked the BJP leader for trying to create rift between the government and the services on the issue.<br/><br/>Participating in the debate, Mr L K Advani cautioned the government against any secret agreement on Kashmir saying it will have serious consequences. He also called for bringing out a white paper on the progress made to bring back black money stacked in foreign banks and favored state funding of elections. Mr Advani charged that the price rise is not just mismanagement but result of several scams relating to imports and exports and reiterated the party's demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee to probe it. Alleging that there are 450 central and state government schemes and institutions in the name of Nehru-Gandhi family, Mr Advani called for keeping government schemes and institutions away from party politics. The debate will continue in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha today.
News On AIR | March 4, 2010 2:01 PM
PM rejects BJP's charge of US pressure on Indo-Pak talks