Shripad blames corruption in govt for rising prices
HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, JULY 3
Terming the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government as the den of black marketing, the Bharatiya Janata Party today said that the corruption in the government is the cause of inflating prices, which has made life miserable for aam admi.
“Congress is the den of black marketing,” BJP’s North Goa Member of Parliament Shripad Naik said while addressing a press conference in the city today.
Naik, who was the Minister of State for Civil Aviation in the NDA government, said the corruption in the UPA has been the major reason for the rising inflation.
“If not corruption and commission how the UPA can justify that when we export rice at Rs 8 and one other hand return import it for Rs 16,” he said.
Naik also recalled the UPA’s poll promise that within 100 days of coming to power they would bring down the prices of essential commodities and fuel.
“Forget 100 days. They have completed 380 days now.” The prices of essential commodities have not only not come down, but have in fact gone up, he said adding “the petrol prices have increased twice in this period.”
He said that the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the UPA is responsible for this mess.
“The recent rise in fuel price has made life miserable for people as due to this, prices of every commodity has increased,” he said.
Naik appealed to the citizens to participate in the nationwide bandh called by the BJP on July 5 to express their resentment to the UPA.
“We have support from bus owners, and other parties apart from the trade unions and we call upon all the citizens to support the call and express their sentiments to the government,” he stated.
To a query he said there would be lots of problem faced by the aam admi due to the bandh but “we have to bear up with the inconvenience for a day for good of our future.”
