'BJP Cong should have a common minimum plan on eco reforms'
At a time when economic reforms are in a limbo, a key UPA leader has said that problems facing the nation would increase if Congress and BJP fail to draw up a common minimum plan in the matter.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: At a time when economic reforms are in a limbo, a key UPA leader has said that problems facing the nation would increase if Congress and BJP fail to draw up a common minimum plan in the matter.
"The Congress and BJP are the dominant political parties in the country. It has become essential for them... to draw some common minimum plan with regard to economic reforms. Disregarding this need would only increase the problems that the nation is already facing," NCP chief Sharad Pawar has said.
Pawar's comments have come in an interview, that appears in "Fast Forward", a compilation of his speeches and interview, edited by noted journalist Aroon Tikekar.
Pawar noted that the BJP opposed the Dabhol Power Company but later accepted foreign direct investment (FDI) in the telecom sector, reaching a limit of 74 per cent. "When our Government presented the relevant Bill in Parliament, the BJP did not oppose it," he said.
Asked whether he saw the two national parties treading common grounds on economic reforms, the Union Agriculture Minister said, "the Congress and BJP need to have a dialogue in this direction."
Pawar's remarks have come at a time when the BJP has virtually declared that it was not going to cooperate with the Government in pushing the agenda of economic reforms and were in no mood to support key Bills that were pending so far due to Left opposition.
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This was inspite of the fact that Finance Minister P Chidambaram has expressed readiness to reach out to the main Opposition.Download
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