MUMBAI: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Wednesday said his Government is ready to “pay a political price” for stringent decisions like demonetisation and the GST, even as he admitted there is an agricultural crisis and rural distress in the country.
He also hoped the results of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections won’t be the same as the just-concluded assembly polls, in which the BJP lost three states to the Congress.
Stressing that agriculture was a focus area for the Modi Government at the Centre, Gadkari said it was a complex issue and its remedy would take time.
Drawing a parallel, the Minister said anything can happen in politics and cricket and it would be wrong to assume that the assembly results were giving a reflection of what would happen during the general elections next year.
He said development was the focus of the BJP and the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Government, and they were ready to pay a political price for “certain stringent decisions” like demonetisation and GST, taken in the “interest of the country”.
Speaking at the India Economic Conclave organised here by Times Network, the Minister for Road Transport and Highways said agenda of politics was different at national, state, district and municipal levels and it is highly difficult to predict on which issue a political party wins. (AGENCIES)
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