BJP demands recall of Governor

By K. Manikandan

MAMALLAPURAM, JUNE 3. Reaffirming its commitment to ties with the DMK, the State working committee of the BJP today demanded the recall of the Governor, Ms. Fathima Beevi, for having invited Ms. Jayalalitha to form the Government despite electoral disqualification.

``Because of the hurried manner in which the Governor invited Ms. Jayalalitha, we have lost faith in her office,'' the working committee, which met in Mamallapuram, said in a resolution.

While appreciating the decision of the party MLAs to boycott the Governor's address to the Assembly, the resolution said Ms. Jayalalitha should have first fought and won her cases legally before assuming the high office.

Citing the instance in Kerala where the Governor had expressed his disapproval of including in the Cabinet Mr. Balakrishnan Pillai, who was convicted in a corruption case, it noted that in Tamil Nadu, the Governor did not even show any hesitation to invite Ms. Jayalalitha.

Meanwhile, senior BJP leader and Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, Mr. Pon. Radhakrishnan, today said the ties between the BJP and the DMK would continue. The two parties would unitedly contest the coming elections to the local bodies in the State.

Addressing reporters here, he ruled out the possibility of a tie- up between his party and the AIADMK. The BJP would continue to maintain cordial relations with the MDMK, he added.

The absence of the PMK and the MDMK contributed to the loss of the NDA in the May 10 poll. Also, Ms. Jayalalitha carried on a ``false propaganda'' during the campaign. But, all the same, the BJP took pride in managing to send four members to the Assembly, he said.

In another resolution, the committee urged the Election Commission to rectify the deletion of a large number of voters in time for the elections to the local bodies.

It appealed to the State Government not to close down `Uzhavar Sandhais'. Priority must be given to the problem of drinking water scarcity, it added.

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