New Delhi, Feb 10 (UNI) BJP president Nitin Gadkari today attacked the ruling UPA Government alleging that commodity exchanges are a scam and the government is working for big corporates and multi-national companies.
''People sitting in rooms are selling essential commodities on papers. There is a huge difference between speculated and actual amount of commodities, which is creating false sense of availability leading to price rise,'' Mr Gadkari said during a protest against price rise at Jantar Mantar here.
''It is a scam of around Rs 2.8 lakh crore and the UPA Government is also involved in this,'' he added.
He also accused UPA Ministers of passing the buck and opined that the Congress, including allies of the UPA, was responsible for inflation in the country.
Commenting on the UPA Government's claims that the country was going to achieve double digit economic growth very soon which was an indication of development, the BJP leader said, ''The country may or may not achieve double digit growth but inflation is definitely growing in double digits.'' Pointing out the Congress' reiteration that the saffron party was communal, he said inflation was not related to religion or caste, it was related to the wrong policies of the government.
Despite numerous programmes announced by the UPA to reduce poverty, population of the poor has increased and they had become poorer and poorer, he stated.
Expressing disappointment over agriculture, Mr Gadkari said Minimum Support Price given to farmers in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab last year was Rs 9.5 per kg for wheat and imported at Rs 19 per kg from foreign countries.
He said in fact, the imported wheat was of worst quality which was used to feed pigs in those countries.
Saying that government policies were helping big corporates and multi-national companies in exploiting the poor, Mr Gadkari exhorted people to stand up and ask the government to control the sky-rocketed prices or step down.
''This is a struggle and we have to fight against government.
We welcome all the people and parties who want to join us in this struggle,'' the BJP president announced.
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