Holding Congress solely responsible for the "disgraceful" pepper spraying incident in Lok Sabha, BJP today said it was a "drama" enacted by the ruling party that gave a bad name to Indian democracy and vowed not to engage with the government on any issue.
The principal Opposition party rejected government's contention that the controversial Telangana Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha, saying Parliamentary procedures were not followed.
Terming today's events as a "theatre of the absurd", it also accused the Congress leadership of having lost control over its members saying the incident could have been avoided.
Dubbing the incident as "disgraceful" and "sad" for Parliament, senior BJP leader L K Advani attacked the government, saying it was hell-bent on getting the bill passed anyhow even if it means suspension or expulsion of members.
"Whatever has happened in Parliament is not just unfortunate but also shameful... For this, the Congress party is solely responsible. It is a drama enacted by the Congress.
"... We had not imagined that they will introduce the bill in such a way... We have decided we will not talk to government on anything at all," Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said.
Her counterpart in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley said, "What has happened in Parliament has brought a bad name to Indian democracy... The Congress alone is responsible for this."
Training his guns on the Congress leadership, Jaitley said as it has lost control over its members, they are out to create unpleasant scenes in the House. "The worst of what has happened today is by Congress members," he said.
On whatever happened, Swaraj said it has crossed all limits. "It now seems that all that has happened is part of the design because Congress wanted to create pandemonium and commotion so that all members leave the Lok Sabha and then they could do a make-believe introduction of Telangana Bill.
