Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday accused Narendra Modi Government of trying to weaken laws on land acquisition and rural employment brought in by the UPA and asked people to be wary of BJP and INlD.
Alleging that their sole aim was to “grab power for vested interests”, Gandhi said, “Today, when polls are before us, our rival parties, in a bid to capture power, have come out of their houses and even out of the jails.”
Addressing a rally in Tosham, the Congress chief said the electorate should not fall into the “trap” of the BJP which “promises a lot but delivers little”. She also took a dig at INlD leader and former Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, who was serving a 10-year-imprisonment in graft case but was campaigning while on bail (on health grounds), for his remarks that if his party comes to power he will take oath from Tihar Jail.
“Jail say sarkaar chaleney walon ko bhi kursi chahiye (Those promising to rule from jail only want power). Other parties too want their share of power. They want power not because they want to serve you and wish to undertake Haryana’s development, they are in the race because they want to grab power for their vested interests,” Gandhi said.
The Congress president attacked Modi Government’s decision to decontrol prices of crucial drugs. Gandhi said the decision was taken ahead of the Prime Minister’s visit to the United States.