BJP warns Sinha, says treacherous activities reaching tolerance point (Lead)

New Delhi Oct 5 (IANS) The BJP on Thursday hit out at party leader Yashwant Sinha over his remarks concerning party leaders and about the government s handling of the economy saying his "treacherous activities are reaching the tolerance point".

The party accused him of allying with the Congress and likened him to epic Mahabharata s character Shishupal an arrogant king who met his end after insulting Lord Krishna repeatedly.

Bharatiya Janata Party leader G.V.L. Narasimha Rao said in response to Sinha s remarks that the former Finance Minister was glossing over his own performance.

"While claiming to be a know-all economist Yashwant Sinha is conveniently glossing over his own disastrous performance as a Finance Minister when he pledged India s gold overseas " he said referring to the time when Sinha was in the short-lived Chandra Shekhar government.

The party termed Sinha "an ever job-seeking Sinha".

"He has turned an unabashed apologist for the corrupt inflationary anti-poor and disastrous economic governance of the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre a party in which he has found a new ally to seek his next job. It remains to be seen what a jobless Rahul Gandhi can offer to an ever job-seeking Sinha " Rao said.

"Unlike his claims of being Bhishma Sinha s arrogance is akin to Shishupal of Mahabharata. Like Shishupal whose filthy abuses resulted in meeting his end Yashwant Sinha s treacherous activities are reaching the tolerance point " he said.

Sinha who released book of Congress leader Manish Tewari here referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi s mention of Shalya a character from Mahabharata and virtually compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah with the eldest Kaurava brothers Duryodhana and Dushasan.

--IANS
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