Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, who has criticised the BJP leadership recently, says he is with the central government on the JNU row.
Sinha also said in an interview that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should not have visited Lahore on 25 December to greet his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif. Sinha, who has been critical of the working style of Modi and BJP president Amit Shah, however told IANS that he supported the government’s action vis-a-vis the JNU issue.
Anti-India activities can’t be tolerated and stringent action must be taken against the culprits. Be it JNU or any other university or any part of the country, it should not be allowed to be a hub for anti-national activities. Whatever happened at the JNU campus was totally wrong.Yashwant Sinha
Sinha, a former finance and external affairs minister, came down heavily on the Congress for politicising the row.
Be it FTII or Hyderabad or JNU... After its (Congress’) debacle in the Lok Sabha polls, there are some elements in the country which want this government not to work freely. Whenever they get an opportunity, they create hurdles for the Modi government.Yashwant Sinha
He blamed the Congress for demanding proof from Home Minister Rajnath Singh that the JNU incident had the support of Pakistani terrorist Hafiz Saeed.
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