Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (AM)

Mangaluru, Sep 9: Senior Congressman and former union minister B Janardhana Poojary on Sunday, September 9 said that he is willing to contest the Lok Sabha elections next year.

Addressing media, he said, “If my party high command gives me the ticket, I will definitely contest the Lok Sabha elections next year. I have absolutely no issues in contesting the polls,”

Slamming Congress for country-wide bandh call on September 10, he said, “It is wrong to call for bandh. Even the Supreme Court has said that the party or organisation which calls for bandh has to compensate the losses suffered by the country. Every party should think before calling for bandh,”

“Rising prices is a big problem. The government should take strong measures to curb the upward march of prices. But expecting the state or central government to reduce cess to help the general public is just a dream. That can never happen. Being a former finance minister myself, I tried to lower cess and later realised that it was wrong. We cannot do that. If we do that, how will the government run?” he questioned.

Speaking on illegal hoarding of grains and other necessary goods, he said, “People indulging in illegal hoarding of necessary goods should be put into jail. But right now, I do not see anyone doing that. We can expect Prime Minister Narendra Modi to do that. But only time will tell if he will really take that step,”