New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president M Venkaiah Naidu on June 25 said the Conditional Access System (CAS), proposed to be implemented from July 15 next, could meet the same fate as Value Added Tax (VAT) if it is not consumer-friendly.

"The touchstone for any such measure is how far it is acceptable to the people and whether people have to pay less or more than they are currently paying," Naidu told reporters.

Naidu made the remarks when asked whether CAS could turn out to be "another onion" for BJP in Delhi in the coming Assembly polls.

Delhi BJP chief Madan Lal Khurana had recently written to Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee requesting to postpone the move to implement CAS till all "misgivings" were cleared. He also met Venkaiah Naidu reportedly asking him to play a role in shelving the proposal in the interest of consumers.

PTI