Control prices, else quit: BJP tells UPA

The Opposition led by LK Advani asked the UPA government to resign if it cannot rein in soaring inflation.

Turning the heat on the Government on the issue of price rise, the BJP asked the UPA to resign if it cannot rein in soaring inflation which has “tormented” the common man.

The main Opposition party also announced plans to intensify its agitation on the issue on a day the Government came under all-round attack in Parliament over its “failure” to check the price spiral.

Noting that “the common man is today tormented the most by the rising prices,” BJP’s Prime Ministerial face L K Advani said, “we wish to tell the UPA loudly and clearly – control prices, else quit.”

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Quoting media reports which said the wholesale price index figures does not show the true extent of situation, he said, “I would like to know from the Prime Minister if this is true.”

“If this is even partially true, it raises serious questions about the honesty and integrity of the UPA government…..A government that is not truthful with the citizens is not fit to govern,” he told BJP’s Parliamentary party meeting in New Delhi.

Accusing the Government of showing insensitivity, he said “instead of confronting the problem with a proper plan and a united effort that can instill confidence among the people, they are busy passing the buck and blaming the Opposition.”

Advani accused the Government of “failure” in boosting indigenous production of pulses and edible oils and taking measures to ensure energy conservation and charged it with systematically abandoning the path of self-reliant food security.