Patna December 20: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today rubbished Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar?s charge of some states not co-operating in arresting sky rocketing prices of essential commodities and alleged that the problem was the gift of ?faulty policies? of the Congress.
?I don?t subscribe to Pawar?s charge about inability of states to control skyrocketing prices of essential commodities,? Kumar told reporters today.
“Whenever the Congress came to power at the Centre, it gifted the nation with uncontrolled price rise,? Kumar said.
Accusing Pawar of making such statements out of sheer frustration following the Centre?s failure to rein in rising prices, the Chief Minister said that the NDA government had done all the best possible to check spiralling prices.
?We are undertaking a drive against hoarding and black marketers are being penalized.
–Agencies