Friday, March 4 2005 15:54 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today (Mar 4, 2005) termed as "shameful and fraud" the action of Goa Pro-tem Speaker Fransisco Sardinha in giving his casting vote in favour of the Pratapsinh Rane Government, which survived a trial of strength in the State Assembly.

"The Pro-tem Speaker casting his vote has never happened anywhere in India. This way of getting majority is totally wrong" former BJP President M Venkaiah Naidu told reporters on the sidelines of a programme organised by the women's wing of the party in New Delhi.

Terming the action as "shameful and fraud", he said "this was very much on expected lines, that is why we were protesting both inside and outside of Parliament.

"We cannot expect better from this Congress-led Government, which has no respect for the Constitution and they are going back to Indira Gandhi's regime," Naidu said.