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By Our Special Correspondent
HYDERABAD, MARCH 20. The former BJP president, M. Venkaiah Naidu, has urged the Central Government to put pressure on the United States to reconsiderthedenial of a diplomatic visa to the Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi. At a press conference here today, he wanted the Centre to do "whatever is required to make the U.S. change its stand." The U.S. should be toldthat the rights of Indian citizens were "the problem of the Indian Government" and that it would not be allowed to "interfere in the country's internal affairs." It was a question of "mustering political will" to confront the U.S. and the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, should view the issue in a non-political manner. The U.S. action was an "insult to 100-crore Indians," and it had "ridiculed India's sovereignty, democracy and civilisation." He criticised the U.S. for remaining silent on the "persecution of minorities in Pakistan and Bangladesh."
Presiding Officers' meet
Referring to the Presiding Officers' conference convened by the Lok Sabha Speaker, Somnath Chatterjee, to discuss the relationship between the judiciary and the legislature, he said that he had chosen the "wrong time" to discuss the issue in the backdrop of the Jharkhand developments. The decision of the BJP-ruled Chief Ministers not to implement Value-Added Tax was not sudden or politically motivated. Mr. Naidu wanted the Centre to evolve a consensus among all the States.
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