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 scathing attack on the
ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state government over lack of development
in the state.
“This is one of the most beautiful places in the country and
what is the situation here at present? What BJP did for this state in the past
five years? Why the state of affairs is so pathetic here? Had they paid little
more attention towards development, the situation would have been much better
here. Because of the scarcity of electricity and water the people here are facing
a lot of difficulties. The educated youth here are jobless. There are no
sufficient teachers in schools and adequate doctors in hospitals. The farmers
and other workers also have been facing hardships at present. The life of my
sisters here are full of troubles” said the Congress President. What happened
to the promises made by the BJP? It has shattered your dreams. The duty of a
government should ensure welfare of the poor and justice to all sections of the
society” added Sonia Gandhi.
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.
“It was the Congress and UPA which the crucial legislation
of Right To Information, which is a powerful tool to fight corruption. It was the Congress, which made a strong
Lokpal Bill to fight corruption and got it passed in the Lok Sabha. But who
stopped the passage of the same in the Rajya Sabha? It was the BJP which
stalled it. They are not serious about corruption and their fight against
corruption is just a show off. In fact, they are not against graft but are
against the Congress” she added.
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is posted by pressbrief.in
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