New Delhi: Taking a dig at the Congress for
giving credit to Rahul Gandhi each time a contentious issue
was solved or a relief package announced, SP General Secretary
Amar Singh on Friday said it should make him the Prime Minister if
he was doing all the work.
"Rahul Gandhi is given the credit for solving all
problems whether it is the sugarcane Ordinance issue or
release of a relief package. Congress should make Rahul Gandhi
the Prime Minister if he is doing all this. We have no
problem in talking to him as PM about issues," Singh told
reporters outside Parliament House.
Rahul had met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday and
discussed the sugarcane price issue after which the Congress
said an amendment is likely in the Ordinance.
The government today announced that State Advisory Price
(SAP) would be restored and the difference between Fair and
Remunerative Price (FRP) would be paid by the mill owners and
not the state governments.
Gandhi has also been credited with getting the Rs
7,266 crore package for development of drought-hit backward
region of Bundelkhand which covers parts of Uttar Pradesh and
Madhya Pradesh. Union cabinet passed the package yesterday.
Amar criticised Manmohan Singh for allegedly "putting the
blame" of Spectrum scam on his minister A Raja and for the
sugarcane price issue on his colleague Sharad Pawar.
PTI
First Published: Friday, November 20, 2009, 22:39