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Responding to Ms. Gandhi's recent statements on the issue, the BJP spokesperson, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, said that a mere acceptance of Indian tradition and culture "does not entitle a person of foreign origin to become Prime Minister". He wanted to know why it took her 14 years to apply for Indian citizenship. The BJP also made light of Ms. Gandhi's assertions that she had done all that was expected of her as a daughter-in-law and as a wife. "There are any number of people of foreign origin who have accepted our culture and are doing social work, but that does not qualify them to become the Prime Minister." Mr. Naqvi, however, did not respond to queries on whether the party proposed to introduce an amendment to the Constitution to bar people of foreign origin from holding constitutional positions. "Our stand remains the same," he said. He charged the Congress with being short on ideas and issues and predicted a win for the BJP in all the four States going to the polls. Asking the Congress leadership to cite any "five achievements" of any of its State Governments, he said that paucity of issues had forced Ms. Gandhi to talk of her Indian-ness. The party also expressed its "dissatisfaction" with the Election Commission's directive to cancel the meeting of the North-East Development Parishad. Describing the decision as "unfortunate", Mr. Naqvi said it would hamper the development of the States not going to the polls. "The code of conduct should be applicable only in States going to the polls." He charged the Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh Governments with violating the code of conduct by not removing the hoardings paid for by the Government.
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