Jalna: Describing the Congress-NCP government
in Maharashtra as inefficient and corrupt, Leader of
Opposition in Lok Sabha Lal Krishna Advani on Sunday urged people
to throw it out of power in October 13 assembly polls.
Speaking at an election rally, Advani said that during
the last 10 years, Congress-NCP government made huge losses
and had done to the state, what Lalu Prasad Yadav did to
Bihar.
"In a democracy," he said people have the right to elect
new government or continue with the present regime and people
had suffered a lot due to the corrupt and inefficient policies
of the Democratic Front government.
"I have seen anger and resentment against the government.
Rural and urban people are suffering, farmers are committing
suicide. Maharashtra, the state once ahead in industrial
development is now lagging. The state has been facing load
shedding for 12-18 hours each day."
Citing the example of Gujarat, Advani said that there is
no load shedding in any village of the state.
The Congress-NCP government used money and atrocity as
Lalu Prasad Yadav did in Bihar, he said and added that during
Emergency, Congress jailed many leaders, but after the
emergency it was defeated.
Lambasting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, he said,
"Manmohan Singh has promised that he would control rising
prices of essential commodities, but he failed in checking the
price rise. Where there is corruption, there is price rise.
Corruption is the cause of price rise and the Prime Minister
had failed to check the corruption."
The senior BJP leader praised Maratha king Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj saying that he was not only a warrior but also
a good and honest administrator.
Bureau Report
First Published: Sunday, October 11, 2009, 21:33