Despite assertion by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee that the labour reforms would be completed within two months, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership maintained that the government would consider the suggestions made by the National Labour Commission before initiating labour reforms.
BJP spokesman Sunil Shastri, who is also member of the commission, said that his party was in favour of carrying out labour reforms in a manner which would protect the workers