JD(U) committed to fight against price rise, corruption: Yadav

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RATAN SHARGA

04 May, 2011

Commenting on the state of affairs in Uttar Pradesh, Yadav said there was a type of 'undeclared emergency' going on in Uttar Pradesh where no leader can speak his mind. Opposition parties feel fearful in the state.

“PRICE RISE and corruption are the two key issues which need to be addressed at the earliest in the larger interest of the country,” said Janta Dal United national president Sharad Yadav, while addressing the media here in Lucknow at the Uttar Pradesh Press Club on Wednesday.

Talking to the media, Sharad Yadav said the entire opposition was united on the issue of price rise and corruption, and they had also called for “Bharat bandh’ last year on July 5, which got a huge response from people as well. They came along with political parties in order to support the cause. Though the Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) of Lalu Prasad Yadav and the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) of Ram Vilas Paswan, did not come out to support the bandh.

Speaking on the issue of corruption, Sharad Yadav said the nation had witnessed that the entire session of the Parliament got sacrificed following disruption by the BJP and other major political parties, who were demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe the Common Wealth Games scam. The UPA government did not pay any heed to the demands of opposition then, and that today their own ministers are now languishing in jails.

On the Adarsh scam, he said that not even a single flat was allotted to any Kargil martyr, and on the 2G spectrum deal, Sharad Yadav said that his party JD (U) has always been raising this issue for long. He said that his party was also against allotting fertile land of farmers to SEZ (special economic zones) and for making expressways in which lakhs of fertile agricultural land got sacrificed for development.

Such moves will only create more problems in times to come as the population is on the rise, we have to safeguard our natural resources, said Yadav. He also asked the government to close down the commodity market. “Commodity market only gives rise to speculation and so prices of essential items are going up, I feel the government must close down the commodity exchange for the betterment of people,” said Sharad Yadav.

Commenting on the state of affairs in Uttar Pradesh, Yadav said there was a type of “undeclared emergency” going on in Uttar Pradesh where no leader can speak his mind. “There is a sense of fear among the candidates of other parties as the state government is misusing the district administration, the government machinery to help their own candidates,” alleged Sharad Yadav.

On the Air India strike, Yadav said the government must talk to the pilots. He, however, did not disclose much about political equations that his party is going to have with the BJP in the upcoming polls, he told the media. He has asked party workers to prepare for the polls and his party would try to contest in as many seats as possible, but there was nothing on the cards about any alliance with the BJP in UP polls.

He revealed that his party’s government in Bihar has been doing a commendable job and on the law and order front, some 56,000 people have been convicted by fast track courts in Bihar last year.

He also expressed his dissatisfaction over Pawan Hans helicopter services as after he was conveyed about the death of Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Dorjee Khandu, to which he expressed his grief to the members of his family.

Others who were also present at the press conference included RCB Singh (M.P) from Bihar, K C Tyagi, Javed Raza and state party president Suresh Niranjan “Bhaiyyaji.”

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COMMENTS (1)

JD (U) has been doing a fantastic job in Bihar. People used to make jokes about Bihar and were of the view that no one can change Bihar for better, but hats off to Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadavji and their party that they have changed the fate of state.Development can be seen now and law and order has improved a lot. We need leaders like Nitish Kumar here in Uttar Pradesh also. The JDU must fight on all seats in UP in the upcoming election.