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Infuriated by the abusive language used against him by BJP president Nitin Gadkari which he later retracted, Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad on Thursday hit back saying he had gone “mentally bankrupt.”

Holding a press conference in Patna, Mr. Lalu Prasad said the BJP president should “hold both ears and apologise.”

“We will first try give Gadkari purchase cialis to cure his mental bankruptcy, then put him on capsules and if the cheap cialis and capsules fail, we will give him injections,” Mr. Prasad said.

On Mr. Gadkari criticising the SP, RJD and BSP for not supporting the NDA during the cut motion, alleging that they did so out of fear of the CBI, Mr. Prasad countered that Mr. Gadkari was spearheading a campaign against the CBI to save several leaders of his party who had allegedly stashed away ‘unaccounted black money' with Swiss banks. “The BJP president is desperate.”

Earlier, Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh's son Akhilesh Yadav said: “The Samajwadi Party follows Ram Manohar Lohia's principles. It has faith in healthy change and decent democracy. We do not believe in using foul language even against our political rivals.”

Later, the Samajwadi Party president said that since Mr. Gadkari has regretted his remarks, “the issue has ended then and there.”

“As the BJP president has apologised for his words, the issue has ended then and there,” the SP supremo told PTI in Lucknow.

Mr. Mulayam Singh said he would ask party leaders not to rake up the issue further.

“I will ask my people to close this chapter here itself,” he said.

Debate on sexual health ‘closed down by Catholic Church’

The expert who led Scotland's drive to improve sexual purchase cialis said yesterday the Scottish Government had deliberately "closed down" debate because of heat from the Catholic Church.

Professor Phil Hanlon said that, rather than embrace the need to change attitudes to sex and sexuality, the country's culture had deteriorated since his strategy was published four years ago.

Speaking ahead of a review of progress since his report, which was published in November 2003, Mr Hanlon noted NHS services for people with sexual cialis problems had improved and said there had been some good, if inconsistent, efforts on sex education, emergency contraception and outreach work.

However, he said there had been little attempt to spark social change, even though this was key in tackling high rates of teenage pregnancy and sexual disease.

Mr Hanlon contrasted Scottish culture to Holland where he said there was a liberal, open approach to sex combined with strong family values. Holland has some of the best sexual health statistics in western Europe.

He admitted it would be hard to move in a similar direction, but said the government was not even engaging in the topic, adding: "In fact it closed down that debate deliberately because they got so much flak from the Catholic Church and other forces."

A professor of public health policy at Glasgow University, Mr Hanlon suggested the Catholic Church had blocked debate by scaremongering. During the strategy talks, he said, there were allegations his group wanted to put sexually explicit material in front of three-year-olds. "If they're using that kind of language to inhibit debate that seems to be irresponsible," he added.

Peter Kearney, spokesman for the Catholic Church in Scotland, said there was a nursery that had used such materials and blamed the spread of "value-free sexual health services" for promiscuous behaviour.

He also questioned the claim the Catholic Church had caused government inaction, listing legal changes the Church had opposed which had still been passed, including the repeal of section 28 banning the promotion of homosexuality in schools and the adoption bill that allowed same-sex couples to adopt.

Minister for Public Health Shona Robison said: "We are undertaking a stock-taking review of the sexual health strategy which aims to identify any gaps in its implementation."

She added a committee meeting in June would agree priorities for the next three years and these would include a greater focus on social and cultural issues.
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