By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Former union minister of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Ravi Shankar Prasad and other senior party leaders slammed the UPA (United Progressive Alliance) government and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for their failure. BJP has started to gather complaints for their ‘charge sheet’ against the UPA from Guwahati on Friday.
Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the PM has done nothing for Assam though he has been representing the state for more than two decades in Rajya Sabha after interacting with different people in Guwahati.
Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad speaks to reporters in Guwahati.
“People especially in Assam have lot of grievances against the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. As the PM represents Assam, we want to start gathering grievances from here before going elsewhere,” Ravi Shankar said on Friday.
The BJP had launched its ‘charge-sheet’ last year on the ‘dark decade of UPA’s mal-governance’ with a website that attempts massive outreach through social media as the party prepares for general elections.
He also narrated the tale of failures of the UPA government especially in the northeast region and Assam. Ravi Shankar said that during the tenure of Manmohan Singh, no major project was allotted to Assam. “If the central government can allot major schemes at Sonia Gandhi’s Rae Bareli or Rahul Gandhi’s Amethi, why there is a dearth in Manmohan Singh’s Assam?” Ravi Shankar added.
On the preserving the biggest river island Majuli in Assam from erosion, he said that the UPA government has failed to do so. “It’s very unfortunate that the river island is getting affected day by day with any major action from the central government. The central government should have taken strict measures for its preservation quite earlier,” he said adding that Manmohan Singh just want the vote of the state.
The former ministry of information and broadcasting during the regime of NDA also expressed serious concern at the non-implementation of the clauses of Assam Accord.
“Though the accord was signed by former PM Rajiv Gandhi but it was soon forgotten by Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi after that. That way also we can see that Assam is neglected by the UPA government,” Ravi Shankar said.
On the rise of Aam Admi Party in Delhi, he said that the party led by Arvind Kejriwal will have to prove their worth. “BJP is still the biggest party in Delhi and AAP has got the power to rule with Congress’ support. I hope Kejriwal will show the guts by taking action against former CM Sheila Dikshit,” he said.