BJP to launch awareness march against UPA in northeast
June 11th, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, June 11 (IANS) The opposition BJP would undertake a mass awareness march across the northeastern region from June 23 to sensitise people about the UPA government’s alleged corruption and misrule, a top party leader said here Saturday.
“The Ganachetana Yatra would start on June 23 on the occasion of martyrdom day of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee. The fortnight-long march would end on July 6, the birth anniversary of Mukherjee,” Bharatiya Janata Party Vice-President Bijoya Chakraborty told reporters. Mukherjee founded the Jana Sangh, the forerunner of the BJP.
During the Ganachetana Yatra, the awareness march, the party will highlight “corruption of the UPA government,” soaring price rise, police action on Ramdev-led protest against corruption and black money at the Ramlila Ground in New Delhi, she said.
The BJP leader demanded an apology to the nation from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi for their alleged “failure to run the government properly” and for attack on Ramdev and his supporters.
“Not only the UPA government at the centre, the Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh was involved in a Rs.28,000 crore scandal in commissioning of power projects in that state,” alleged Chakraborty, a former central minister and an incumbent Lok Sabha member from Assam.
She said that the BJP would highlight the basic issues of northeastern region, including numerous scandals in parliament and various government and non-government forums.
“Scams in public distribution systems (PDS) in northeastern states are a big issue that would be raised in the monsoon session of parliament,” the BJP leader said.
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