Gadkari hits out at Congress, NCP

He said UPA allies have tried to give a communal colour to the force-feeding incident and "malign" the NDA's image.

July 26, 2014 12:50 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 05:32 pm IST - Nashik

He said the two parties were responsible for rising inequality, starvation deaths and unemployment in the country.

He said the two parties were responsible for rising inequality, starvation deaths and unemployment in the country.

Union Minister and BJP leader Nitin Gadkari has accused the Congress and NCP of using the Maharashtra Sadan episode involving a Shiv Sena MP to “malign” the image of the saffron combine.

He said the two UPA allies have tried to give communal colour to the incident in Maharashtra Sadan, where Sena MP Rajan Vichare was caught on video purportedly force-feeding a fasting Muslim employee, apparently to protest poor quality services and food at the State Government’s guest house in New Delhi.

The incident rocked Parliament, where the UPA constituents demanded action against the Sena MP.

Congress and NCP have always used communalism and reservation for vote-bank politics and to “malign” the image of both BJP and Shiv Sena, he said.

Mr. Gadkari was addressing BJP activists at a function in Nashik last evening.

Lashing out at the Congress and NCP, who were part of the UPA Government at the Centre, he said the two parties were responsible for rising inequality, starvation deaths and unemployment in the country.

He said the BJP-led NDA Government was not against the farmers and maintained the Centre’s proposed move to ban export of onion was a temporary step to control prices.

Earlier, the Surface Transport and Shipping Minister inaugurated a two-day seminar organised by the city branch of Builders Association of India.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Gadkari said the Government was thinking of undertaking cement concretisation of National Highways to increase their durability.

Top News Today

Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.