India’s NDA rejects PM’s appeal to end boycott
Friday, May 6, 2005 The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the chief alliance of Opposition Parties in India, has rejected [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister}} Manmohan Singh’s appeal to end its boycott of Parliament. A spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the chief opposition party, Sushma Swaraj termed the appeal as a “mere formality” which was akin to “rubbing salt to the wound”. “I appeal to leaders of the opposition to