Uttan (Maha), Jun 06: Calling for bonhomie with the opposition especially in states ruled by the BJP, senior party leader Sushma Swaraj today said they were not enemies and personal relations should be above politics.
“Our ideologies may be different but we are not enemies of each other. We live in the same country,” she said at the concluding session of a two-day conference of chief ministers of BJP-governed states.
“We cannot imagine democracy sans opposition,” Swaraj said, noting that “personal relations are above politics.”
Giving examples of how the bonhomie could be brought about, Swaraj, who is also the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, suggested that leaders of states in which BJP is in power should extend a personal touch, arrange dinners and send bouquets to rival party leaders.
“If an opposition leader asks for time, try to give him time.
–Agencies