Union Minister for Minority Affairs K Rahman Khan on Saturday lashed out at the BJD and BJP for their anti-people policies.
Addressing a Press conference here at the Congress Bhawan, Khan accused the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD Government of gross apathy towards the farmers. “Over 3,000 farmers have been forced to commit suicide because of the anti-farmer policies of the State Government. The UPA Government has consistently raised the minimum support price (MSP) for paddy, but the benefits have not reached the farmers in Odisha because of the apathy of the State Government here,” he asserted.
He also targeted the BJD Government for not implementing the Food Security Act, enacted by the UPA Government, in the State and its failure to ensure that the benefits of the law reach the forest dwellers.
Union Minister Khan said the Congress is a party to give good Governance to the people of the country, while the BJP only eyes to grab power and spread communalism across the country. “Our principal opponent BJP’s only agenda is to oppose the Congress. Its only aim is to grab ‘kurshi’. While the Congress party takes everyone along for the all-round prosperity of the country, the BJP whips up communal sentiments and antagonism among people of various communities and thereby divides the society,” he alleged. Further, he said the Congress always stands by the Dalits, Adivasis and poor people.
Training his gun at the BJD Government, Khan said there is no development in Odisha during the last 14 years. Only multiple scams like mines, dal, MGNERGA and others have taken place. The reports of the Saha Commission and Raghurajan Committee have proved the complicity of the State Government in all these irregularities, he said.