Vadodara: Former Union Minister and
president of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP)
Ram Vilas Paswan has questioned motives of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in holding 'Garib Kalyan Melas' across the state.
"For whom the 'Garib Kalyan Melas' are organized," he
asked Modi. Garib Kalyan Mela is a government programme meant
for welfare of poor in the state.
Addressing presspersons during his brief halt to the
city on his way to Bharuch in the state for addressing a Dalit
convention there,Paswan demanded Centre to extend reservation
benefits to the converted Dalit Christians and Muslims and
implementation of recommendations of the Rangnathan Committee
report.
Paswan demanded reservation in jobs for members of
Sc/St communities and dalits in private sector. Both LJP and
Rashtriya Janata Dal party, headed by Lalu Prasad Yadav, will
join together and put up candidates in the ensuing assembly
polls in Bihar, after six months, to capture power as Bihar
has suffered badly under Nitish Kumar-led NDA government, he
said.
He said that his party will launch a nation-wide
agitation on the issue of price rise of essential commodities.
He criticized Amar Singh for changing his ideology and
knocking at the doors of Sonia Gandhi and Mayawati, Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister, for getting entry into their parties.
Amar Singh quitting Samajwadi party will have no
bearing on the future of Samajwadi Party, headed by
Mullayam Singh Yadav, he added.
He said, "BJP and Shiv Sena are linked with each other
and that is why Shiv Sena does not attack RSS" he said.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 23:33