Nitin Gadkari Faints During BJP's Anti-price Rise Rally in Delhi


Apr 21 (IANS) : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday accused the Congress-led government of betraying the people's trust, as thousands of party activists rallied in the capital to protest untamed food prices. Gadkari fainted after addressing the rally.

Gadkari, who assumed the top BJP post in December last year, said during the rally that price rise had become synonym to the Congress' coming to power.









"Whenever the Congress comes to power, there is rise in prices of essential commodities," he said, reminding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi of their promise that food prices would be brought down within the 100 days of coming to power.

"But the poor people are committing suicide," he said as the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government completes one year of its second consecutive stint in power.

Accusing the government of following "wrong economic" policies, the BJP president said he had posed 14 questions to the Prime Minister on price rise but the ruling party failed to come up even with a single reply.

"Nobody in the Congress is in a position to give reply to these questions. They have wrong economic policies and are providing bad governance," Ghadkari said as party activists waved saffron and green BJP flags and cheered loudly.

Driven primarily by higher food prices, India's annual rate of inflation last week was 9.9 per cent in March from 9.89 percent a month ago.

Gadkari alleged that food stocks were rotting in warehouses and accused the government of deliberately neglecting the storage so that these could be sold to liquor manufactures at cheaper prices later.

The rally was also addressed by BJP's leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, her Rajya Sabha counterpart Arun Jaitley, Rajnath Singh, Murli Manohar Joshi and L K Advani.

Advani said prices of essential commodities had risen between 100 to 200 percent since the UPA first took office six years back.

"This has happened because of bad management and corruption."

He said it was the biggest rally the party had organised.

"In one way, it is a rally that has beaten the records of all previous (BJP) rallies."

BJP activists later marched towards Parliament braving the scorching sun in Delhi.

The rally hit traffic movement across central Delhi with Ring Road, Mathura Road, India Gate, Tilak Marg, Asaf Ali Road, Netaji Subhash Marg, Ranjit Singh Marg, Tolstoy Marg, Sikandra Road, Barakhamba Road, Parliament Street and Ashoka Road being the worst affected.

The party on Tuesday had appealed to Delhiites to bear with the traffic jams from 10am to 6pm.

  

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  • nagesh nayaK, bangalore

    Wed, Apr 21 2010

    UPA GOVT. IS JUST ENJOYING @ THE COST OF POOR & COMMON MAN.
    MINISTERS ARE NOT BOTHERED ABOUT NATION & PUBLIC BUT BOTHERED ABOUT THEMSELVES.

    SHAHI THAROOR WAS INTERESTED IN IPL.

    MOST OF THE MPS & RELATIVES ARE TRAVELLING BY CHARTERED FLIGHTS TO ATEEND MARRIAGES ETC..

    FOOD STOCKS ARE ROTTING IN CENTRAL WAREHOSES.

    SUGAR BEING SOLD @ 12.50 & BOUGHT @ RS. 30.00.

    OUR PSUEDOS ARE SLEPT & NO COMMENTS ON PRICE RISE BECOZ IT WILL EFFECT THE IMAGE OF THEIR ITALY MADAMME & PRINCE.

    JAI HO.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Kemmannu

    Wed, Apr 21 2010

    As BJP president he faints. I wonder what will happen if be becomes a Prime Minister

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  • Stany D'sa, Balehonnur/Duabi

    Wed, Apr 21 2010

    It is sad Nitin Gadkari Fainted. But to represent people's cause one may have to faint time and time again. Mahatma Ghandhi's profound strength was fasting and fight for thr right cause. Does our Political Party Leaders have that kind of inner strength to provide Roti-Kapda-Makaan to the real Down Trodden Indians.One cannot get sypathy just by fainting once.But one has to struggle for it. Let us honestly find that real SOUL.

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  • shahnawaz kukkikatte, dubai/udupi

    Wed, Apr 21 2010

    Its the duty of both center and state governments to control price. Both state and center have failed in their promises to the electorate. Guys please speak to senior citizesn who will tell fairy tales about British Raj. Sometimes I feel, we made a mistake of gaining independance. Today one can see the gap between the rich and poor is widening to an uncontrolled level. Corruption is at all time high. Swiss bank is swollen with unaccounted Indian funds. Big big things and false promises are featuring both state and center budgets. Everyone is not sincere to the post he is holding. Busy in trading blames. Only politicians and their next of kins are enjoying life full of luxuries. Aaam janata is at the mercy of these politicians. Our politicians are very busy in deviding the society and creating communual tension. Crime and underworld activities continue unabetted. Agriculture and farmers are neglected. Rallies and counter rallies, protests and counter protests, vandalism and arsoning has become order of the day. Natinal resources are wasted. No desired results are achieved. We could not stop cross border terrorism. For the sorry state of affairs we electorate needs to be blamed. It is high time janata wake up and bring about changes. Naxalism and internal terrorism is the result of faulty policies. Very very sorry state of affairs everywhere. No peace and no prosperity. Just only false and hoax promises. This is our country. Mera Bharath Mahan. Ek anokha desh.

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  • ISMAIL K PERINJE, PERINJE/YANBU-KSA

    Wed, Apr 21 2010

    WHY NOT BJP STALLING PARLIAMENT ON THE ISSUE of price rise???HOW BJP STALLED AND BROUGHT TO STANDSTILL ON THE ISSUE OF non issue of taroor ipl episode? THIS IS NOTHING BUT political hyprocracy and balckmail.ANANTH KUMAR IN THE FORE FRONT OF AGITATION THEN QUESTION ARISES WHY HE IS MUM ABOUT STATE GOVT ON THE ISSUE OF milk price,water price rising????This is a gimmik of BJP for calling ATTENTION MOTION OF PUBLIC!!!!

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  • Langoolacharya, Belman/USA

    Wed, Apr 21 2010

    Nithin,

    Friends can cause more harm than enemies, iam sure you realised it by now.

    Hope you have not faked it up to gain sympathy, just kidding....

    Get well Sir, we need you......

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