Thursday, February 9 2006 17:05 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Lucknow: Accusing the UPA Government of lacking a clear cut view on policy matters, including Iran, BJP president Rajnath Singh today (Feb 9 2006) sought an all party meeting on the Iran issue.

"The foreign policy of the country is no longer independent. Neither the Parliament nor the opposition parties were taken into confidence on the Iran issue," he told sources here.

"There should be a debate on the (Iran) issue in the parliament. A meeting of all the parties should be convened to discuss the issue," he said, adding the BJP would be raising the issue in Parliament.

Consensus was lacking over the Indo-US nuclear deal, signed last year, with even the leading nuclear scientists of the country were not satisfied with it, Singh said.

The BJP leader said Pakistan was now putting conditions for continuing the peace process and added that the "very sovereignity of the country is in peril".

Asked whether the BJP would support the no-confidence motion to be brought by the Samajwadi Party in the Lok Sabha on the Iran issue, Singh evaded a direct reply and merely said the BJP too wanted to bring no-confidence motions on a number of issues and "they should support us."

Singh accused the UPA Government of showing Utter Disregard

Singh accused the UPA Government of showing 'utter disregard' to the constitution and referred to the proposal for bringing legislation for Muslim reservation in Andhra Pradesh and restoring the minority status to Aligarh Muslim University.

Referring to the role of Bihar and Jharkhand Governors, the BJP president said even the Supreme Court had passed adverse remarks against them. The UPA Government's decision to import wheat amounted to cheating the farmers of the country as the wheat season was approaching, Singh said.

Downplaying the phone tapping episode, he said the Samajwadi Party was targeting the Centre to hide its own failures in Uttar Pradesh. On the expelled leader Uma Bharti, he evaded direct reply and merely said that she was no longer in the party.

To another question, Singh said a grand Ram temple should be built in Ayodhya and appealled to the Muslim community to help in paving way for its construction. He ruled out an alliance with any party in Uttar Pradesh but said the party would have electoral understanding in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Assam in the next assembly elections.

Singh said the Left Front Government would bite the dust if a free and fair elections were held there on the lines of Bihar. On the Naveen Chawla controversy, he said the party had taken it seriously.