Cong. to take suspension issue to the streets

By Our Special Correspondent

AHMEDABAD, MARCH. 24. The Gujarat Congress has decided to take to the streets the issue of suspension of the entire Opposition in the state Assembly by organising agitational programmes along with demanding the resignation of the Atal Behari Vajpayee ministry ``exposed'' by the Tehelka.com.

A meeting of the Congress district unit presidents, the district panchayat presidents and other senior leaders here today chalked out agitational programmes beginning from March 27 to ``expose'' before the people the ``undemocratic'' BJP government in the State and demand dismissal of the Keshubhai Patel ministry.

According to the leader of the opposition in the State Assembly, Mr. Amarsinh Chaudhary, whose suspension on grounds of ``unfounded allegations'' against some BJP ministers and other leaders led to vandalism and subsequent suspension of all the Congress MLAs for the remaining period of the current budget session, the party would take out a rally in Gandhinagar on Tuesday and submit a memorandum to the Governor, Mr. Sunder Singh Bhandari, demanding its dismissal.

The next day the party would organise a ``parallel'' State Assembly at a public place in Ahmedabad and ``expose'' the ``corrupt and undemocratic'' Patel ministry. From March 31 to April 10, the State party, in response to the call of the national president, Ms. Sonia Gandhi, would organise processions, meetings, rallies and other programmes at different district and taluk headquarters, except the earthquake-hit Kutch district, and submit memoranda to the district collectors and other officials demanding resignation of the Vajpayee ministry and highlight the local issues including the ``failures'' of the Patel ministry to provide relief to the earthquake and drought-affected people. It would be followed by a massive rally here on April 11 which was expected to be attended by Ms. Gandhi and other senior central leaders.

The Congress legislature party secretary, Mr. Udeysinh Baria, claimed that the suspension of the Congress members was a ``pre- planned'' move of the ruling party to ensure passage of some controversial bills which ``smacked of corruption'' without any discussion.

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