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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (JD)
Mangaluru, Jan 20: Union minister of urban development Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday January 20 accused the opposition Congress of 'politicizing' the suicide of a Dalit research scholar at Hyderabad University in which BJP minister Bandaru Dattatreya was booked and said that Congress was engaging in 'cheap politics'.
Addressing a press meet at Mangalore International Airport here, he said, "The Congress is just politicing the issue. When UPA was in power there were about nine such suicides, but no one spoke at that time. The opposition is indulging in cheap politics."
He further said that the Narendra Modi-led government at the centre is pro-development, while the opposition Congress engages in attempts to delay, divert and disrupt the parliament and defame the Prime Minister.
"The union government is pro-development, it follows 1D policy of 'development', whereas the opposition is following a 4D policy - disruption, diversion, delay and defamation. Their sole aim is to defame the PM.
"After NDA came to power, we sorted out issues related to fiscal deficit and current account deficit, and now World Bank and IMF have appreciated the economic growth of the country. India is now developing and moving forward, even as the neighbouring China's economy is going in a negative way," he said.
Venkaiah Naidu then left for Uppala, Kasargod, where he is scheduled to attend a programme.