Raipur, June 14, 2011
Taking a dig at Anna Hazare and Swami Ramdev’s protest movements against corruption and black money, the Congress said the duo were trying to impose their ideologies on people on pretext of democratic rights. “This is intolerable. Both Hazare and Ramdev have played with the emotions of the people by misleading them as they are being steered by Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) and its political weapon BJP,” said the Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Mukul Wasnik while he was addressing the scribes at the residence of PCC president Nandkumar Patel on Tuesday evening.
“The Centre is serious on the issues of corruption and parking of black money abroad and would certainly take effective measures to check such practices in future,” he assured.
“In fact, the BJP has no right to speak on corruption as some its own leaders including its former national president Bangaru Laxman were caught taking bribe in camera,” he said.
He said the BJP could not stomach two consecutive defeats in general elections in 2004 and 2009 owing to which it was attempting to distract people through trite methods.
“In addition, the Congress performed excellently in the recent Assembly elections in the five states and one union territory while the BJP managed to win only five out of over 800 seats,” he said.
When asked what the Centre had done to curb naxalism in Chhattisgarh when it found the state incapable of handling the task, the minister said he could not comment on the issue as the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram was in consistent talks with the chief ministers of the naxal-infested states.
When pointed out that the Congress could strong at Centre, but weak in Chhattisgarh due to which it lost the last two Vidhan Sabha elections, the minister said the 2008 Assembly polls would have been swung towards Congress but it failed to post victories in few seats. “We are committed to bring back the glorious past of the Congress in state. For this, the PCC has started preparations and has intensified its field activities across the state,” he said.
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