The National Democratic Alliance convenor's statement comes on the heels of Rahul Gandhi's criticism of the Uttar Pradesh government.
'Outlook'claims that Justice Phukan, his wife and some lawyers of the Tehelka Commission were provided a specially chartered VVIP aircraft of the IAF to travel to Shirdi, Pune, Ahmednagar and Mumbai during the probe.
They lodged their protest against the inclusion of 'tainted' ministers in the United Progressive Alliance government.
The government asserted that strict action would be taken against all the officials if it was proved that the 'excuse' of Kargil crisis had been taken to make arms purchases with the motive of 'personal benefits'.
The National Democratic Alliance on Monday night threatened to stall Parliament proceedings to press for the withdrawal of the second affidavit filed against Fernandes.
The Janata Dal-United president alleged that the conspiracy to malign him was hatched at the residence of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.
The United Progressive Alliance government has given a clean chit to former defence minister George Fernandes in the defence procurements made during the Kargil conflict.
Leader of the opposition L K Advani, NDA convener George Fernandes and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Arun Jaitley and V K Malhotra will be among the alliance leaders calling on the President.
Advani said the decision 'would only spur people of the country to unite to oppose the tendency of America'.
The report in Globes said Israel's Ministry of Defence director general Maj Gen Gabi Ashkenazi had obtained a full report on the investigation in India.
Stepping up its offensive against the United Progressive Alliance government on the "tainted" ministers issue, the National Democratic Alliance on Friday decided to boycott the presentation of Railway Budget by Lalu Prasad Yadav in Lok Sabha on Satur
Nitish also denied that Rashtriya Janata Dal spokesman Shivanand Tiwari would join the JD-U.
The defence minister recalled that Musharraf had retracted a similar statement made earlier following international condemnation.
The two countries to resume a composite dialogue next month to resolve all outstanding issues, including Jammu and Kashmir.
The deputy prime minister said National Democratic Front convener George Fernandes is consulting partners on the issue.
Advani will be joined by senior Janata Dal-United leaders George Fernandes, Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav.
"Advani, Fernandes and Yeshwant Sinha are trying to target me to make scorpene deal an election issue."
Speaker Somnath Chatterjee however said he would allow members to raise the issue later and asked them not to disrupt Question Hour
Fernandes said that if he had not provided army aircraft to Justice Pukhan and other commission members, he could have been blamed for not cooperating with the probe panel.
Mukherjee said Fernandes approved the visits, which the commission claimed was for inspecting weapons systems under probe, on December 22, 2003, when it was inquiring into 14 major defence deals.
She is understood to have told the agency that she vaguely remembered someone approaching her for party donations, CBI sources said.
There is a strong demand for the removal of these ministers, but the government has chosen to let Parliament remain paralysed over the issue, he said in a letter to H S Surjeet.
Govt handed files pertaining to dealings with the South African armament major Denel to the Central Bureau of Investigation to find out whether there was any maladfide intent in the purchase.
The Samajwadi Party also criticised the inclusion of tainted ministers in the Manmohan Singh Cabinet.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has broached the issue with senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani and National Democratic Alliance convener George Fernandes.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid M Kasuri had stated that the entire territory of Jammu and Kashmir is 'disputed territory'.
RJD members in the Lok Sabha, led by Ramkripal Yadav, waving a newspaper clipping and a compact disc, shouted slogans against Fernandes for his remarks against Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
Fernandes denied that the NDA had outlived its utility.
Reports said Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was likely to meet President A P J Abdul Kalam and recommend that the LS be dissolved a day after a short session of the lower House of Parliament end on Feb 5.
The deal includes 700 million for the refit and modernisation of the ship and rest for a complement of 28 Mig-29K fighters and six Kamov-31 anti-submarine helicopters.
