The state unit of the BJP staged a protest against the Congress-led UPA Government’s poverty estimates saying the Union Government has played with the sentiments of the people.
The party leaders also lashed out at Congress leaders Raj Babbar and Rashid Masood for their claims that full meal is still available at Rs 12 in Mumbai and Rs 5 in New Delhi. "The Congress should buy a full meal at Rs 5. It is a fact that even at Rs 5 a poor can not buy raw food grains not to talk about cooked food. The Congress leaders are playing joke with the poor," BJP state president laxmikant Bajpai said while addressing party workers at Kendriya Bhawan here on Friday.
He said that if the food is available at Rs 5 and Rs 12 why the Union Government was hankering to introduce Food Security Bill BJP’s another leader and local MP lalji Tandon said that Food Security Bill is a farce as Union Government has only allocated Rs 10,000 crore for the said project where as Government needs Rs 3,00,00 crore for this scheme. The Party announced a programme under which workers will go to hotels on Saturday and will try to get food at Rs 5. later party workers burnt the effigy of Union Government and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.