He asked coalition partners to desist from
airing their grievances or differences in
public. Earlier, Thakre told reporters
that BJP hoped that Jayalalitha would "see
our point of view till patience is
exhausted" and that differences would be
resolved amicably. Briefing reporters on
the closed-door session, party spokesman
Kishen Lal Sharma said the party had asked
the government not to that "it should not
succumb to any kind of pressures" and the
party would sincerely work with all its
allies to keep the house in tact. As
Sharma asked Jayalalitha to respect the
Cauvery water sharing accord, she issued a
statement in Chennai today sharply
attacking it saying the proposed authority
was a "very big fraud" on the delta
farmers of Tamil Nadu. On the demand of
other constituents of the coalition --
Trinamool Congress and Samata Party -- for
expulsion of AIADMK, Sharma said, "all
such questions can be considered at the
coordination committee meeting." Stating
that Jayalalitha had so far failed to
produce any evidence about the payment of
bribes for the transfer of Enforcement
Director M.K. Bezboruah, Sharma said, "if
there is concrete proof only then the
government can take action." Replying to
another question, Sharma said there was no
need for BJP to think of other alternative
sources of support since the AIADMK had
not yet announced withdrawal of its
backing to the Vajpayee government. In his
inaugural address, Thakre criticised the
opposition parties seeking to group
together in the name of secularism and
accused Left Parties of trying to fish in
troubled waters. He also denounced the
opposition agitation on the Srikrishna
Commission Report and said they were
playing a "dangerous game". There would be
no problem if the allies stuck to the
national agenda for governance keeping in
mind that it was a coalition government,
party spokesman said. Asked whether
AIADMK's ties with BJP could be considered
"unholy" in the light of BJP president's
remark that anti-BJP political parties
were trying to reach yet another 'unholy
alliance', Sharma said that there was
nothing unholy about "our" alliance since
"we have agreed on a national agenda
whereas there is no similarity of views
among the opposition parties." The meeting
discussed a strategy to be adopted in the
forthcoming assembly polls in Rajasthan,
Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram and was
of the view that the party had to capture
power in the Congress-ruled Madhya Pradesh
and improve its tallies in Rajasthan and
Delhi and how to open an account in the
far-flung north eastern Mizoram. "We will
come out with an action plan for these
states," he said. Thakre urged every ally
to forsake, for the larger goal, minor
issues. "After all, we have set aside
major issues on which we have campaigned
lest they create friction." Dismissing the
opposition charge that the AIADMK's threat
of withdrawal of support had created
instability, Sharma said, "the opposition
is only trying to spread misinformation
and no situation has arisen that is
creating instability for the government."