Speaking to reporters, Naidu said that the then Opposition Congress had boycotted George Fernandes as Defence Minister for 22 months in the House, though there was no FIR or case against him. But in the case of 'tainted ministers' in the UPA Government, 'nothing has changed from the time they quit ministerial posts earlier,' Naidu said.

He said the BJP would fight 'tooth and nail', the 'communal reservation' for Muslims proposed by the Andhra Pradesh Government. Terming it as 'release of a trial balloon', he said the BJP strongly felt that unless it was stopped, it would sow the seeds of another partition of the country.

Naidu said the BJP would prepare an action plan for five states slated to go to the polls. It had also asked party units in Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka to remain on alert, as there is 'political uncertainty' in these two states.

He said that Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh was having a 'love-hate' relationship with their coalition partner Congress in Uttar Pradesh, while the Congress and the JD-S are 'singing different tunes' in Karnataka.

The BJP also wanted a ban on gutka in India, he said and urged the UPA Government to enact a legislation in this regard by treating the matter seriously. The revenues accrued by allowing gutka sales was 'negligible', compared to the health damage caused by its consumption.