Hyderabad: BJP would launch a nation-wide agitation from February 1 to protest against rise in prices of essential commodities, leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said here on Saturday.
Addressing a press conference here, she attributed "wrong" policies of the UPA government as reason for the sky-rocketing prices of essential items.
Terming the recent comment of Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar that he cannot predict when the prices of sugar would come down as "irresponsible", the senior BJP leader alleged that it was only due to the wrong policies of the UPA government that has now resulted in spiralling prices of food items.
She wanted to know what measures Union government had taken to check the price rise.
Even pulses and sugar which are mostly used by common people have become dearer and the Centre has totally "failed" to control the price rise, the former Union minister said.
Stating that the party would raise the issue in the Parliament, she said "the party would play its role effectively as the people have given us responsibility to keep a watch on the actions of the government... where as the UPA got the mandate to rule the nation."
The party would definitely raise the price rise issue inside and outside the Parliament, she said adding "We would hold nation-wide agitations for a fortnight from February 1, to protest the Centre`s failure to check price rise".
PTI
