NDA flays Speaker, endorses SC order

NDA slammed the LS Speaker for suggesting a Presidential reference on the SC order in J'khand trust vote case.

Enraged over Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee's suggestion for a Presidential reference on the Supreme Court directive on Jharkhand, the opposition NDA on Friday accused him of "going overboard" on the issue and passed a unanimous resolution endorsing the court order and expressed concern over the "selective anger" against it.

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"The Speaker has become not only a party, but a pillar. He has gone one step beyond the Government and is trying to force it to go in for a Presidential reference," BJP deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha Sushma Swaraj told reporters here after a 45-minute meeting of NDA leaders called to discuss the Jharkhand issue and the Speaker's stand.