BJP president Rajnath Singh, during a whirlwind tour of Jharkhand, on Tuesday said the rising prices of essential commodities will be controlled in six to 12 months if the party comes to power at the Centre.
“We do not promise that price hike will be controlled in one month but it will be controlled in six to 12 months,” he said while addressing a rally in Koderma, seeking votes for party nominee and BJP state president Ravindra Rai.
Singh addressed five rallies in different parts of the State, including Daltonganj, latehar and Ramgarh a day before BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold Bharat Vijay rally in Palamu and Koderma. He also held an interactive session with the intellectuals in Ranchi.
He said “It was the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government which controlled prices for six continuous years. We ask Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh why prices of essential commodities increase when the Congress comes to power at the CentreIJ” He blamed the wrong polices of the central government and corruption as reasons for price rise.
Ranjnath also made a spirited appeal to people to give a clear mandate to the party to ensure development of the State.Knowing well that candidates put by various regional parties, including JMM, JVM and AJSU have queered the pitch for the BJP candidates, Singh, at a public meeting in Palamu’s Hussainabad, said that the regional outfits cannot bring development to the State.
“Welfare of the State cannot be done by the Government if formed with the help of the regional parties,” Rajnath said, while making a fervent appeal to the voters to cast their votes for the BJP candidate VD Ram.
Rajnath vows to bring down prices soon
He also reminded that it was the BJP which played a crucial role in carving out of Jharkhand from Bihar and if the party comes in power at the Centre, it will definitely bring development to the State.
Revealing the plan to provide assured income to the farmers from their piece of land, Singh said that in case the farmers are not able to get the production from their land, arrangement would be made to compensate them through different resources.Referring to the project of Golden Quadrangle started during Atal Bihari Vajpayee regime at the Centre, the BJP president promised that the Japla Cement factory would be started soon if they are given a chance to form a government at the Centre.
“Matter of Japla cement factory would be taken in a right earnest, once BJP comes to power at the Centre,” he said.launching a no hold barred attack on the Congress, a confident sounding Singh said in people are talking about the BJP across the country. “Time has come for the BJP to replace the Congress party, which has broken all records of corruption,” he maintained.During his speech, he gave new hopes to young voters and spoke of women suffering for want of inadequate electricity supply. He inquired from the crowd of people about the fate of a railway line upto Chirmiri.
Singh assured the people that he was not showing them any big hope or he was not making any false promises but the BJP was committed to give good governance.The country’s outgoing finance minister P Chidambaram also came under attack of the BJP president, who said, “he has sunk India and its youths in a pit of despair. Price rise is all around rendering the lives of the poor terribly miserable.”