People craving for return of NDA rule: Nadda

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, May 31: BJP Member of Parliament, National General Secretary & National Spokesperson Jagat Prakash Nadda today accused the UPA Government of deliberately delaying the announcement of petrol prices hike till the session of Parliament was over. While addressing a press conference here along with State President Shamsher Singh Manhas, Member of Parliament Avinash Rai Khanna, J&K Seh-Prabhari Dr. Anil Jain, National Executive Members-Ashok Khajuria, Dr. Jitendra Singh and Jugal Kishore and party MLA Sukhnandan Kumar he said the recent petrol price hike by the Congress led UPA Government has broken the back of a common man, who is already reeling under the pressure of price rise.
Nadda said that the then BJP-led NDA under the able Prime Ministership of Atal Behari Vajpayee had succeeded in stabilizing the prices but the UPA Government has been unable to sustain gains made by Vajpayee Government. In contrasted to the honest and corruption free governance given by then Prime Minister Vajpayee which helped in improving the lot of common man with a human approach, the UPA Government has tainted itself with rampant corruption and multiple scams with least concern for the poor.
While the Vajpayee-led NDA Government was successful in providing free ration to over three crore people, during the UPA regime over 58 thousand crore worth of food grains have got rottened because of improper storage facilities, alleged Nadda. He said that in the current year it is being claimed that there is going to be bumper crop and in absence of adequate storage facility, the produce is likely to suffer the same fate.
Nadda claimed that the people of this country are missing the golden period of BJP-led NDA rule and are craving for the return of the same to pull them out of the mess created by the UPA Government under economist Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh who has proved to be a total failure.
He also termed as “political gimmick” Chief Minister Omar Abdullah chairing a Cabinet meeting near the Line of Control so as to reach out to the remotest corners of the State.
“This is a political gimmick to attract cheap publicity and put burden on the State exchequer. Omar Abdullah has more serious issues to address,” BJP MP J P Nadda told reporters.
Referring to the demand for formation of a separate Hill Council, he said, “People in the hilly area of J&K want a separate Hill Council because there is no development there.”