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CHENNAI, AUG. 28. A group of MPs, MLAs and other leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party will stage a satyagraha in Bangalore from September 1 to 7 demanding the removal of the `tainted' Ministers from the Union Ministry, withdrawal of the cases against the former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Uma Bharti, and restoration of the plaque commemorating Savarkar at the Cellular Jail in the Andamans. The party president, M.Venkaiah Naidu, told mediapersons here today that party representatives from all over the country would participate in the satyagraha. Seven groups, each with representation from multiple States will offer "peaceful satyagraha" on different days. On the eighth day there will be a rally, after which the former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, will address a public meeting. The former Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, will inaugurate the satyagraha. Mr. Naidu said that the subsequent phases of the agitation would be finalised during the course of the satyagraha. 'Smear campaign' Denying the charge levelled by the ruling party and the Left parties that the National Democratic Alliance partners were disrupting the parliamentary proceedings, Mr. Naidu said that the parties of the NDA were ready to give the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government a reasonable length of time to produce results. But the BJP could not remain a silent spectator when the Congress-led Central Government was indulging in a "smear campaign" against freedom-fighters, especially against Savarkar, and foisting "false cases" against Opposition leaders. Demanding the restoration of the Savarkar plaque at the Cellular Jail, Mr. Naidu said the Congress was trying to distance itself from the issue after its Maharashtra unit took a dissenting stand. He said that the senior Congress leader, Ghulam Nabi Azad, had said the party did not agree with the views of Mani Shankar Aiyar in the matter. If the Congress felt that whatever Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar had said was in his personal capacity, why did the party president, Sonia Gandhi, write to the President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, last year opposing his decision to attend the unveiling of Savarkar's portrait in the Central Hall of Parliament? Why did she write to the then Speaker against the unveiling of the portrait? If Ms. Gandhi's stand on Savarkar was different from Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar's, was her decision to oppose the installation of Savarkar's portrait in Parliament taken in her personal capacity, he asked.
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