Dibrugarh, Assam:
BJP today blamed UPA for its "wrong" economic policies and corruption, leading to steep price rise and said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has to answer for this.
"The UPA has been voted to power twice. They have not only failed to fulfill the promises made but have also indulged in corruption leading to price rise. There is anger in the hearts
of the people," BJP president Nitin Gadkari told a party rally here.
He said the Supreme Court had directed the Congress government to disclose the names of those having accounts in foreign banks but it refrained, saying it was not in the national interest.
"We fail to understand how revealing the names of those, who have cheated the poor of the country by avoiding to pay different taxes and have stashed the black money in foreign banks, is against the country's interest," he said.
Actually, if their names are out, the faces of several "Congress leaders will be blackened", he claimed.
A Planning Commission report has pointed out that nearly 90 per cent of the country's population earns less than Rs 20 a day while another section earns Rs 2 crore a day through corruption.
"Living has become very difficult for the common people.
Price rise has led to suicides, unemployment and this is not related to anybody's caste, religion or language. How will the poor survive in such a situation?" Gadkari asked.
He said the country has witnessed a series of scams involving the Congress and its allies.
"Starting from Bofors, the Congress has moved on to large-scale scams like the Rs 70,000 crore Commonwealth Games scam and the Rs 1,76,000 crore 2G Spectrum scam. This, in
turn, has led to unprecedented rise in prices causing untold hardship to the common people for which the Prime Minister is answerable to the nation," he said.
The Congress claims its mission is 'Garibi Hatao' (poverty eradication) but whose 'Garibi' has it succeeded in removing. Statistics prove that the rich have become richer and the poor poorer, he said.
Gadkari alleged that the poverty of common Hindu or Muslim, Adivasi or Vanvasi people has not been removed. It is rather the Congress leaders and workers who have become richer.
He said the Congress government at the Centre alone was not indulging in corrupt practices.
The Assam government headed by the party too was doing the same "and there is a long list of scams to prove that it is following the same path as the Congress at the Centre".
Former Asom Gana Parishad MP Sarbananda Sonowal joined the party at the rally.
"The UPA has been voted to power twice. They have not only failed to fulfill the promises made but have also indulged in corruption leading to price rise. There is anger in the hearts
of the people," BJP president Nitin Gadkari told a party rally here.
He said the Supreme Court had directed the Congress government to disclose the names of those having accounts in foreign banks but it refrained, saying it was not in the national interest.
"We fail to understand how revealing the names of those, who have cheated the poor of the country by avoiding to pay different taxes and have stashed the black money in foreign banks, is against the country's interest," he said.
Actually, if their names are out, the faces of several "Congress leaders will be blackened", he claimed.
A Planning Commission report has pointed out that nearly 90 per cent of the country's population earns less than Rs 20 a day while another section earns Rs 2 crore a day through corruption.
"Living has become very difficult for the common people.
Price rise has led to suicides, unemployment and this is not related to anybody's caste, religion or language. How will the poor survive in such a situation?" Gadkari asked.
He said the country has witnessed a series of scams involving the Congress and its allies.
"Starting from Bofors, the Congress has moved on to large-scale scams like the Rs 70,000 crore Commonwealth Games scam and the Rs 1,76,000 crore 2G Spectrum scam. This, in
turn, has led to unprecedented rise in prices causing untold hardship to the common people for which the Prime Minister is answerable to the nation," he said.
The Congress claims its mission is 'Garibi Hatao' (poverty eradication) but whose 'Garibi' has it succeeded in removing. Statistics prove that the rich have become richer and the poor poorer, he said.
Gadkari alleged that the poverty of common Hindu or Muslim, Adivasi or Vanvasi people has not been removed. It is rather the Congress leaders and workers who have become richer.
He said the Congress government at the Centre alone was not indulging in corrupt practices.
The Assam government headed by the party too was doing the same "and there is a long list of scams to prove that it is following the same path as the Congress at the Centre".
Former Asom Gana Parishad MP Sarbananda Sonowal joined the party at the rally.
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