New Delhi, February 08: BJP President Nitin Gadkari today held the “wrong economic policies of the government” responsible for price rise and asserted that not just the Agriculture Minister but the entire cabinet of the Manmohan Singh government is to be blamed for food inflation.
“The origin of inflation and price rise is the wrong economic policies of the Congress and the UPA government,” Gadkari said in a press conference on price rise here.
Gadkari, who many felt was soft on Agriculture and Food Minister Sharad Pawar as he hails from his native state of Maharashtra, was more vocal against him on price rise.
“UPA is fully responsible for price rise. This is the total failure of the UPA, including Sharad Pawar. Pawar is responsible but not solely responsible….The Prime Minister, the Group of Ministers, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi are also responsible. Others cannot escape by blaming Pawar,” he said.
The BJP has launched a nation-wide three-phase agitation against price rise which will culminate in the gherao of Parliament in March.
Gadkari stated that Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj was in touch with the NDA partners and like-minded opposition parties for chalking out a strategy to take on the government during the forthcoming budget session of Parliament.
“Through the media, I would also like to invite the Left parties to build a consensus on cornering the government on the issue of price rise,” he said.
-PTI