New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday asked the government to withdraw its Lokpal Bill and make Jan Lokpal Bill the basis for discussion in Parliament on Friday.
"Anna's bill should be discussed in Parliament. I appeal to the Prime Minister that Anna's health should be taken into consideration and a way out of this must be found. We have requested that Anna's bill should be in Parliament and there should be a debate on it," said BJP president Nitin Gadkari.
BJP on Thursday slammed the UPA for its "changing stance" and "hardening of posture" in dealing with Anna Hazare's anti-graft agitation and warned the government against any misadventure in this regard.
In a letter to Hazare, BJP President Nitin Gadkari said he was "shocked" to learn that the government has "backed out" on all the promises made to Team Anna.
"The nation was given to understand by the government that the talks with Team Anna were progressing satisfactorily and that a mutually agreed solution was in sight. I fail to understand where things have gone wrong," Gadkari said.
He wondered whether it was a result of bickerings within the government.
Gadkari said BJP strongly deplores the "changing stance of the government and its visible hardening of postures in dealing with your agitation. The BJP warns the government against any misadventure in this regard."
He said the BJP appealed to Hazare to end his fast after the government said a solution was being worked out. The BJP chief said as his party favours a strong Lokpal Bill, it accepts Hazare's Jan Lokpal Bill to be the basis for a strong measure to deal with corruption.
He, however, hastened to add that BJP would not get into "procedural wrangles" on how it was achieved by the government.
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