Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi,
while addressing a well attended Congress rally on Tuesday at Shimla - the
capital of poll bound Himachal Pradesh- launched a blistering attack on the
ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state government over corruption and lack
of development in the state.
Without taking any names, she made a veiled attack on BJP
national president Nitin Gadkari, saying that the saffron party never took action
against its leaders accused of corruption. “No other party fought corruption as
much as the Congress and UPA. We took stringent legal actions against those who
proved corrupt. I want to ask the BJP,
has it taken any action against its leaders who are accused of graft? No;
never” argued Sonia Gandhi.
Sonia Gandhi also attacked the BJP for misleading the people
on Foreign Direct Investment in retail. “It is for the benefit of the farmers
and aam aadmi, the Central government has decided to allow FDI in retail. By
this policy, the farmers will be able to get proper prices for their produce by
selling their goods directly at the markets,” and added “Further the common man
would be able to get their security needs at a fair and affordable price. The
agricultural farmers suffer a lot because of the shortage of cold storages and
their products get rotten. The FDI will address this serious problem also. But
he BJP is engaged in false propaganda against our FDI in retail policy. The
important thing is that every state has the liberty not to implement FDI in
their state”. “It seems that BJP is not
at all bothered about the issues of the farmers and they are interested only to
protect their narrow political interests,” quipped the UPA Chairperson.
Striking an emotional chord with the women in the region,
Sonia Gandhi said “My speech will not be complete without remembering the
contributions of my sisters of this beautiful state. I appreciate that the
women here do fulfill their responsibilities in a commendable manner. Aiming for further upliftment of the women in
our society, especially my sisters in the hill areas, the Congress government
implemented 50% reservation for women in panchayats. We also doubled the
salaries of anganwadi workers. We also helped the women to avail bank loan at
low interest rates through Self Help Groups”.
Taking on the BJP led state government the UPA Chairperson
continued, “The rise in the prices of essential commodities is a serious matter
of concern for us and we understand the difficulties of the common man due to
this. The Central Government has been
putting in its serious efforts to control the price rise but the state
governments also have a similar responsibility to take adequate measures to
reduce the burden of the people. When the Congress run state governments
increased the limit of gas cylinders from 6 to 9 to benefit my sisters there,
why the state government here could not take such a step?”
This was Sonia Gandhi’s second round of campaign in the
state after her recent visit on October 22.
This article
is posted by pressbrief.in
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