Surajkund, Faridabad: Launching an all-out war against the Congress-led UPA government, BJP national president Nitin Gadkari on Thursday alleged that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi were responsible for the current political and economic crisis and corruption.
Addressing the party’s two-day National Council meeting here, Mr Gadkari said, “The Prime Minister and the Congress chief are responsible for corruption and economic crisis. The UPA government lacks credibility, leadership, vision for development and there is a policy paralysis in the government.”
Mr Gadkari also urged the BJP leaders and party workers to “remove the corrupt UPA government”.
He alleged that the there was an economic crisis due to the Congress-led government’s wrong policies, bad governance and corrupt system.
“The Rajiv Gandhi government was defeated due to Bofors scam. The Narasimha Rao government get defeated due to Harshad Mehta scam and now this UPA government will be defeated due to corruption and scams,” he added.
The BJP president said the Prime Minister, an economist, has ‘failed on economic front’.
He said the UPA allies can neither ‘tolerate’ this government nor say anything openly. All India Trinamool Congress’ withdrawal from the UPA ‘proves’ that the BJP’s experiment with a 23-party coalition under Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee was more successful.
“There is an uncertain political situation in the country. Disappointment is in the air,” he said.
Mr Gadkari further alleged that the CBI was the Congress’ biggest strength and the probe agency has now turned into ‘Congress Bureau of Investigation’.
“The Office of CBI Director should be opened in the Congress headquarters,” Mr Gadkari commented.
Mr Gadkari alleged that the Prime Minister was in ‘silent mode’. He alleged that the UPA government has created records in corruption and the Congress-led government was the most corrupt government since Independence.
“The CAG has exposed scams worth more than Rs 4 lakh crore. The UPA has achieved new milestones in corruption and broken all records in the past 65 years. Whether in the skies, or on land or under it (referring to the 2G, Commonwealth Games and coal blocks scam), they have a scam everywhere,” he stated.
He also slammed the Congress for ‘misbehaving’ in the PAC and JPC when the BJP leaders in the insititutions ‘exposed’ the scams.
Mr Gadkari alleged that the government took decision on FDI in retail sector to ‘divert’ the attention from the alleged scam in coal blocks allocation.
“I want to ask to the Congress on whose directions the coal blocks were allotted?” he asked.
He also slammed the government on black money issue saying that the government had assured of taking action against black money stashed away within 100 days of the UPA-II but nothing was done.
Mr Gadkari said only the BJP was able to provide good governance and development to the people.
“We are a rich country with poor population. Our motive is not only to change the government but also to change the system. The BJP and NDA-ruled states are performing well,” he added.
The BJP president alleged that not only the Congress was involved in corruption but the other UPA allies were also involved in corruption.
In an indirect attack on SP and BSP, he said, “Some parties criticise the UPA government in Lucknow but they support and save the government in Delhi.” (UNI)