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Govt to aggressively counter the attack on its leaders in Parliament

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Govt to aggressively counter the attack on its leaders in Parliament
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New Delhi: Bracing for the opposition onslaught in Parliament, government and the ruling BJP today decided to aggressively counter the attack on its leaders like Sushma Swaraj, Vasundhara Raje and Shivraj Singh Chouhan and rake up controversies related to Congress leaders. With Parliament convening on Tuesday for Monsoon session, BJP chief Amit Shah held strategy meetings with various party colleagues, including union ministers Arun Jaitley, Swaraj, Smriti Irani, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Piyush Goyal as well as party spokespersons during which Raje, the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, was also present. Subsequently, Shah, along with Jaitley and other senior leaders like Rajnath Singh and Venkaiah Naidu met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to finetune the strategy. Chouhan also landed in Delhi later in the evening to participate in the confabulations. Making it evident that there will be no resignations, the party discussed how to counter the opposition attack in Parliament and harmonising of the response of the government and the party on these issues, sources said. Congress has threatened to disrupt Parliament if its demands for ouster of Raje, External Affairs Minister Swaraj and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Chouhan are not acceded to. Raje is under attack for her links with former IPL Chairman Lalit Modi who is facing ED probe. Swaraj is also accused of helping Lalit Modi. Chouhan is under the opposition fire in Vyapam scam. BJP does not want to be seen on the defensive on the controversial issues plaguing the party for the last few months, the sources said. "We will aggressively and effectively counter the disinformation campaign of Congress," said party media cell in-charge Shrikant Sharma, who was present in Shah's meeting. "As far as Lalit Modi controversy is concerned, Congress is totally confused. On one hand, they are seeking resignation of our leaders on the basis of Lalit Modi's comments, but has no answer to his charges against Priyanka Gandhi, her husband Robert Vadra and an alleged deal Sonia Gandhi's sister. We will seek their answers on these," he said. .-
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