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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Gadkari leads BJP protest against rising prices
By IANS
10 Feb 2010 03:33:19 PM IST
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A rally against price rise, organised by the main opposition BJP, has
caricatures of UPA leaders in the background, in New Delhi,
Wednesday. (AP)
The
message reads: Mehangayi kaa haath 'The hand of inflation'.
Indraprasth aka New Delhi - In his first show of strength in the
capital after he became president of the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP), Nitin Gadkari Wednesday led a demonstration here to protest
against the rise in food prices.
Hundreds of party supporters joined the protest at Jantar Mantar. The
BJP alleged that the government's "wrong" economic policies were
responsible for spiralling prices of essential commodities.
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj along with
Murli Manohar Joshi, Ananth Kumar and Vijay Goel were among other
prominent party leaders who joined the rally.
BJP supporters in large numbers carried party flags and posters
highlighting the government's alleged apathy towards the issue.
Amid cries like "Sugar is no longer sweet" they shouted slogans
against Prime Minster Manmohan Singh, United Progressive Alliance
(UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar.
"Prices of everything are shooting up unabated. Ministers are
involved in this scam. The prime minister, Sonia and Pawar are
involved. We have to expose this," party general secretary Ananth
Kumar said in his address to the rally.
The protest, which comes as the government is planning a hike in
petrol prices, is part of the BJP's nationwide agitation against
price rise.
Gadkari is planning a three-tier protest against rising prices, at
block, district and state levels.
The party workers will march towards Parliament House with senior BJP
leaders likely to join them. The Delhi unit of the BJP is keen to
make the protest a success because the newly appointed BJP chief, who
was formally elected unopposed Tuesday, is participating in a rally
in the capital for the first time.
BJP's general secretary Vijay Goel said representatives of several
social organisations and residents' welfare associations joined the
rally.
"The Congress party government is synonymous with rising prices. Dal
chawal (food) is getting out of reach of the common man and the
government is sleeping over it. It is an incompetent government to
handle issues related to poor. The Congress hand is out to strangle
the aam aadmi," Goel said.
The rally also assumes importance because the Delhi unit of the BJP
is going to appoint its new chief -- a decision which the party top
brass has postponed till the national executive meeting.
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