Bjp Views on the Failure of the congress Govt.

Congress and Prime Minister must first explain, why it allowed economy to deteriorate for 1826 days before making false promise of reviving economy in 100 days. Slogan of 100 days is an admission of utter failure of the UPA Govt., on the economic front. The Govt. touted itself as having three economic wizards in Dr. Manmohan Singh, Dr. Chidambaram and Dr. Ahluwalia. Country witnessed all out failure of this economic trio. Congress and the PM fooled the people for five years but people have realised that the Govt. has betrayed them and hence are not going to fall pray to their 100 days slogan.

BJP wants to remind five cardinal sins of the UPA Govt., which made life of the common man miserable. First, its failure to tame the inflation on ground level is irritating the masses. Govt. figures of 0% inflation has become irrelevant and subject of ridicule as the prices of all essential commodities like rice, wheat, atta, pulses, edible oil, sugar, tea, cement are going up. Figures based on WPI have no connection to the ground reality. This Govt. allowed the situation to drift. There is cartelization in cement and the sugar prices are going up because of Govt’s wrong decisions. It allowed exports of sugar at 18 rupees per kg and even paid export subsidy. Within three months Govt. is now importing the sugar at 23 rupees per kg. This sugar scam will blow up in the face of UPA. Sweet sugar will become sour for Congress. In the first place Govt. could not hold the price line because of its utter failure in ensuring food security, streamlining PDS and monitoring the movement of prices in time.

Second, UPA precipitated the economic crisis by squeezing the liquidity out of market in face of evolving economic crisis globally. The credit crunch resulted in high interest rate regime, making Indian industries uncompetitive. Undeclared devaluation of rupee wiped out any possible profit for exporters. High interest rates and falling rupee hampered exports adversely and resulted in loss of jobs for millions. Govt. did not help the workers who lost jobs and made them fend for themselves.

Third, it did not keep the momentum in infrastructure development initiated by the NDA Govt. roads, irrigation, power generation and river linking suffered the most. Govt. engaged itself with cosmetic makeover and lost the opportunity to carry forward the momentum in development of infrastructure, which only ensures long term development.

Fourth, UPA made farmer suffer and never made any effort to correct the unfavorable balance of trade in face of steep rise in input prices of agriculture. PM’s package to heal the farmers, who were committing suicides failed miserably and suicides continued all over. Loan waiver scheme failed because it did not offer any benefit to 80% farmers and worst was that the scheme punished the honest. Anybody who has repaid even a single installment did not get any benefit from the scheme.

Fifth, the Govt. did away with fiscal discipline. The 2% target of fiscal deficit has gone awry. The unbudgeted items and the scale rose continuously making it the worst deficit regime. The total deficit is hovering around 15% and is much worse than 1991 financial crisis.

Congress and the Prime Minister have failed the nation and cannot expect people to forgive them. We once again challenge them for open debate on the state of economy.

UPA fails to give justices to shiks and on other issues.

The Congress Party owes an explanation to the entire nation about their blatant use of communal politics. The 1984 Sikh genocide is without doubt the worst ever communal holocaust that the Congress Party cannot ever run away from. Apology notwithstanding, the Congress shamelessly has nominated the accused of this carnage for contesting the elections as their party candidates. Nobody can forgive the justification of these mass killings by Shri Rajiv Gandhi who infamously said "when a big tree falls, the earth tremors".


The Congress also owes an explanation as to why it has remained a mute spectator when the ethnic cleansing of 8 lakh Hindus was carried out from the Kashmir valley. The Shahbano episode has exposed so called secular credentials of Congress and has brought its ugly communal face to the fore. By giving berth in the central cabinet to the Muslim League for the first time in the history of independent India and by pleading for release of Abdul Naseer Madani the Congress has shown its true color of communalism. Granting religious reservations in Andhra and communal budgeting are the examples of their communal agenda. Congress went ahead with the communal agenda suggesting religion based head count in defence forces and judiciary. All the above and hundreds of such incidences have proved beyond doubt that Congress is communal political outfit in the Country. BJP challenges Congress to answer these questions first, before accusing others of communalism.


Duplicity of Congress as to what is communal and what is secular is exposed in as many cases in recent past. It describes the NDA partners as communal and UPA partners as secular. When DMK and TMC were part of NDA they were communal in Congress parlance but when these same parties are with Congress they become secular. For Congress, caste politics is secular and nationalist approach is communal. Babri is secular and Ram Mandir is communal. For Congress, denying the existence of Ram is secular and devotion to Ram is communal. For Congress, the assault on Taslima is secular and extension of her visa is communal. Providing facilities for Amarnath pilgrims is communal and providing facilities for Haj pilgrims is secular. Hate speeches of Imran Kidwai and D. Sriniwas are secular for Congress and speeches of other party leaders are communal. Appeasement politics is secular and giving justice to all is communal. The constitutional agenda of cow protection, Article 370 and Common Civil Code is communal and its divisive agenda is secular. For Congress, Muslim league is secular and Nationalist organisations are communal. Singing Vande Mataram is communal and not singing of it is secular.


Congress since Shahbano case has gradually moved away from the nationalist mainstream and has become a vehicle of vote bank politics. Congress is shrinking and loosing ground ever since because of such duplicity and will continue to shrink further.

BJP stand on the failure of UPA

1.    Bharatiya Janata Party condemns UPA government for its double standard applied in two states of Orissa and Meghalaya. In Orissa the voting on the floor of the house was not properly conducted and was not even recorded. The Governor also has submitted report to this effect. BJP has demanded immediate imposition of President's Rule in Orissa. UPA government turned deaf ears to the demand and allowed Shri Naveen Patnaik Govt. to continue in office. This is clear violation of the spirit of Constitution. On the other hand in Meghalaya UPA government imposed President's Rule even though a proper voting was carried and registered on the floor of the house. The government survived on the casting vote of the speaker in Meghalaya.

   The UPA government resorted to imposition of President's Rule on selective basis as a political game plan. This is nothing but subversion of democracy. UPA has done this time and again to subvert democratic institutions in its five year of misrule. BJP demands imposition of President's Rule in Orissa and restoration of government in Meghalaya.

2.    UPA government's claim of taming the inflation and that of Bharat Nirman have been exposed by the tragic incidence of attempt by seven members of the family to commit suicide in the National Capital. The poor family, which was suffering from hunger for several days, had to resort to this extreme step even though girls in the family were topping the school exams. The whole concept of social security net has gone haywire. Even the hunger index published by the world body has placed India at the lower position than its earlier position.

   The inflation figures indicate deflation setting in and not ground reality faced by the common man. The prices of all essential items like rice, wheat, atta, edible oil sugar, tea etc. have not come down. And the Consumer Price Index has remained at 9%.

3.    Bharatiya Janata Party condemns Orissa government for its total failure to maintain Law and Order and pleading helplessness in front of Maoists. BJP demands full fledged inquiry into the killing of Shri Prabhat Panigrahi because it is feared that the killings will continue. Even it is doubted whether the killers are Naxalite or Christian militants under the guise of Naxalites. Shri Panigrahi was eliminated as he knew the conspiracy to kill Swami Laxmanada Saraswati.

BJP's message on Shri Naveen Patnaiks move..a must read

The unilateral betrayal of the people’s mandate by Shri Naveen Patnaik on the eve of simultaneous Vidhan Sabha and Lok Sabha elections presents a remarkable opportunity to make a new beginning for Orissa. By associating with the CPI(M), B-team of the Congress, the Biju Janata Dal has abandoned the anti-Congress legacy of the State. The people of Orissa are fully aware that during the 11-year alliance with the BJD, the BJP gave unstinted support to the Chief Minister to overcome every political difficulty he faced. When the NDA was in power under Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s dynamic leadership, Orissa’s development was top priority for the Union Government. Much of the State’s present prosperity is a result of the BJP’s resolute commitment to this goal.

Given this reality, people of Orissa must be told why a perfectly harmonious, development-oriented alliance was abruptly broken off without any provocation from the BJP? Was it only because of differences over seat sharing or was there a hidden agenda? Shri Patnaik has to answer the fundamental question: Why did he break an alliance that had done so much for Orissa’s development? He must also answer why he has chosen to associate with Left parties that have denounced him loudly for over a decade?

Shri Patnaik must also come clean why he has opted to ally with the JMM which openly champions the breaking up of Orissa and merger of at least three districts with Jharkhand? He must also tell the people why the Church, which should stay away from politics, has complimented him for breaking the alliance with the BJP?

Other intriguing aspects of his inexplicable decision also need to be highlighted. How come the Congress, the principal opposition party, has reacted so mutedly to this development? Is it because they realise that, by this action, Shri Naveen Patnaik has abandoned the anti-Congress space, which his been the cornerstone of his politics all these years?

The people of Orissa now have a great opportunity to affirm their faith in good governance, all-round economic development and empowerment of tribals, Dalits and other underprivileged sections. The BJP is the only party that can resolutely implement this agenda because unlike others, it does not believe in opportunism, shifting alliances and political somersaults. The BJP has taken up this challenge with renewed commitment and determination.

In order to provide an efficient, clean and purposeful Government in the State, our party will contest all 147 Assembly seats. We are confident that the people will give an opportunity to the BJP to form a Government on its own to make Orissa’s dream a reality. For that to be achieved it is necessary that the BJP comes to power not only in the State but also that the NDA gets a clear mandate for Delhi. Accordingly, the BJP will contest all 21 Lok Sabha seats from the State so that Orissa’s voice is powerfully represented in Delhi. An unequivocal mandate for the BJP to form a Government in Orissa and head the Government in Delhi under Shri Lal Krishna Advani’s decisive leadership will ensure unimaginable transformation of the State and the nation.