‘UPA crippled by Left paralytic stroke’

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Posted online: Friday , March 14, 2008 at 02:15:50
Updated: Friday , March 14, 2008 at 02:37:24

New Delhi, March 14: Main Opposition BJP had a dig at the government in the Lok Sabha alleging it has become ‘very crippled’ due to the Left pressure and was ‘crawling’ on economic reforms.

"They are very very crippled by Left paralytic stroke. While they have been asked to bend, they are crawling to remain in power without any sense of honour and dignity," BJP Member M A K Swain said.

Participating in the discussion on the Union Budget 2008-09, he said that though Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram are known as pro-reforms, they have failed to do much on pursuing that policy.

Roopatai Patil (BJP) argued that waiving loans would not be enough for improving the lot of the farming community as those farmers who took money from money lenders should also have been included in the loan waiving scheme.

She sought correction of irregularies in the NREGP and asked the government to fix the prices of sugarcane so that farmers get the right price of their produce.

R L Jalappa (Cong) said a debt relief registration should be brought to waive all loans of farming community from money-lenders. He also said unless interest rate is brought down to 4 per cent, the government cannot farmers from becoming defaulters.

Shafiqurrahman Barq (SP) pointed out that 46 per cent farmers took loans from money-lenders and a mechanism would have to be evolved for providing permanent relief to them.

Sangita Singh Deo (BJP) pointed out that despite the government stressing on inclusive growth, the backward districts of Orissa like Bolangir and Kalahandi have got virtually nothing from the budget.

Others who spoke included K V Thangabalu (Cong), S K Bwismuthiary (Ind) and Tejaswini See Ramesh (Cong).

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These miscreants are wasting there time by DILIP/FRANCE on 14 Mar 2008

When two unruly Elephants start to fight the grass underneath begin to suffer, trhough lack of transparency,inefficient accountbility and despicable and bad Governance.Time for the gerriatrics to take sabbatical in asylums.Congress is driven by its communal agenda, which is pitted againstCommunist agenda. driven by vile ideology and twisted indoctrination,laced with ego,self gratification and the greed of the Gaddi.For sake of poor Indians these prankstars should packin.The Budget got a thumbs down from BSE Index,which is on free fall, was ill conceived,misguided and fundamentally flawed.Abe Jihadi,will you stop de;eating my post!!.You forget that India is democracy and not a sharia land.So stop this nonsence Ok.

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