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Advani expresses surprise at Mulayam’s statement

Bhopal: Expressing surprise at Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh’s comment that he would support anybody who dismisses the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh, BJP leader L.K. Advani on Friday said the Constitution does not allow the Union government to take such a step.

“What can I say? I am surprised that such a public statement has come [from Mr. Singh]. The Constitution does not give right to any central government to dismiss a democratically elected State government. It has a certain dignity,” Mr. Advani told reporters here.

The BJP’s prime ministerial candidate also expressed confidence that the National Democratic Alliance was ahead of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance as per the trends available till date.

“I can say that as of now, the BJP will emerge the single largest party and will be much ahead of the Congress,” he said.

Mr. Advani, who had a brief stop here while on his way to Kolkata from Tamil Nadu, said: “Our alliance too will be ahead of the UPA. Thanks to the hard work of our party workers, Chief Ministers and leaders, the situation today is very much in our favour, which even I did not anticipate.”

Asked to comment on efforts by the Congress to woo Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Mr. Advani said, “Nitishji himself has clarified on this. All speculations on this issue are baseless and endless. There is no need to speculate on all this.” — PTI

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