Victory over Pakistan "clean chit" will go to the BJP.
After unrelenting pressure from the main opposition party, the Government, most likely a fresh statement on the assassination of five Indian soldiers along the line of control in Poonch, Jammu Kashmir & Pakistani troops.
Anthony's statement in which he said that the Indian jawans were killed by "wearing Pakistani form sparked massive outrage, because, as said the BJP, he gave the neighbor country easy access route, on which he could deny its role in the attack.
The BJP was the clear winner in the Parliament yesterday: PTIBJP moved a privilege motion against the Minister of defence in the Lok Sabha and sought an apology from him, "the nation".
"Demand Defense Minister comes up in the House and apologize to the country for the establishment of such questionable statements on the serious incident like this."This may not be a coincidence that he is not at home right now, so I will ask the Prime Minister to respond to the demand, told the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj in a fiery session, which was dominated by protests and possible failures.
The Government change its official statement came after a meeting between the leaders of the Congress and the BJP, which BJP told the Government that the Minister of defence "diluted" statement is totally unacceptable. The Government reportedly assured the BJP leaders that Antony will update Parliament after being briefed, Bikram Singh, Commander-in-Chief of the army.
The big question, of course, is why Antony went with the now controversial statement despite being briefed Pakistan attack DGMO troops along with 20 armed terrorists. With the PMO, denying that it is called a "mischievous" reports that he has asked the Defense Minister to water down its statement slip up was due to "an error of judgment". According to the Hindustan Times, the senior Congress leader told the paper, "there is an error on the part of the Government's decision. This sometimes happens. Now we will see how it can be fixed.
Of course the whole incident – from the initial reactions of the retraction of the cool of a Congress statement comes as a massive boost to the BJP, who found another reason to attack the crumbling Government of IAN. As editor of the firstpost-war Sanjay Singh said on Wednesday:
"Tag" soft state "come back to haunt the Government of Manmohan Singh again. Kill five Indian soldiers in ambush of Pakistan gave the BJP an opportunity to refocus the debate on the stupidity of the Congress on national security issues and its ineffective response to Pakistan. This came as welcome ammunition for the BJP, which thinks that will make the soft answer many face Modi strong leadership. "
And with the Government about turn in the face of all that pressure, it gives the BJP opposition another vital victory in the battle against the Congress. One that he clearly will use in future election campaigns in the Lok Sabha elections of 2014.
However, it is now more important thing for the Congress seems to be the normal work of the Parliament. With populist food security Bill up for debate in the House he has more to lose by allowing Antonia statement stand.
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