Advani calls for new beginning
Friday, June 5,2009:New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party leader (BJP) L.K. Advani, leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, Friday called for a new beginning in government-opposition relations and said it was a possible to reach such a "common goal".
"We (BJP) are in the opposition. Our number has been reduced to 116. But it is not a small number. Let it be a new beginning of government-opposition relations," Advani said while participating in a debate on the president's address to the joint session of parliament.
"Together we can see to it... whatever we have. These ambitions should be realised in the 21st century. That must be our common goal. It is quite possible to achieve this without difficulty," he said Advani.
He also congratulated Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and leader of the house Pranab Mukherjee for the United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) victory in the Lok Sabha polls.
"I would like to congratulate Manmohan Singh on being elected as the prime minister and also congratulate Sonia Gandhi and Pranab Mukherjee," Advani said. (IANS)
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