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Opposition motion on Ayodhya today
By Our Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI, DEC. 5. Carrying forward their coordinated move against the Vajpayee Government, the Opposition parties today decided to bring forward an adjournment motion on the Ayodhya issue in Parliament tomorrow, the anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992.
The Opposition leaders assembled here today at the residence of the CPI(M) Parliamentary Party chief, Mr. Somnath Chatterjee, and agreed to continue raising issues in a coordinated manner. The current exercise is to associate the Opposition members from the Rajya Sabha.
Briefing correspondents, Mr. Chatterjee said the parties had arrived at a broad agreement on floor coordination in both the Houses and raise issues jointly. The attempt was to focus on one issue at a time instead of each Opposition party taking up separate issues which blunted the attack against the Government. As part of the agreement, the parties decided to move an adjournment motion on the Ayodhya issue tomorrow.
The Congress member, Mr. Kapil Sibal, said the Opposition also decided to meet on a regular basis.
Apart from Ayodhya, other issues that would be raised and on which there was complete unanimity included the reinduction of the Defence Minister, Mr. George Fernandes, the plight of farmers, unemployment, disinvestment and opposition to the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO).
The POTO issue continued to be high on the agenda with the Nationalist Congress Party asserting that it would oppose the ordinance as long as the amendments suggested by the party were not incorporated. The RSP leader, Mr. Abani Roy, said the Government was bent upon forcing POTO on the people as it was aware that nationwide movements against its economic policies were brewing.
Those who attended the meeting included Mr. S. Jaipal Reddy and Mr. Kapil Sibal (Congress), Mr. Amar Singh (SP), Mr. Prem Gupta (RJD), Mr. Praful Patel (NCP), Mr. J. Chittaranjan (CPI), Mr. Abani Roy (RSP), Mr. Chatterjee, Mr. S. Ramchandran Pillai, Mr. Hannan Mollah, Mr. Rupchand Pal, Mr. Nilotpal Basu and Mr. Dipankar Mukherjee (CPI-M).
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