Demanding rollback of the fuel price hike and FDI in retail, senior BJP leader M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said the party will launch a “political war” against it.
The UPA government has failed on all fronts and mid-term polls are the only solution for the country, Mr Naidu told reporters here.
Accusing the UPA government of not taking into confidence even its allies for allowing FDI investment in multibrand retail and hike in diesel price, the BJP leader said the party would chalk-out a detailed programme of “political war” soon.
The Central government led by the Congress has taken the decision to cover up its failure and divert attention of people, he alleged. Terming the FDI investment in retail as a “unilateral decision”, Mr Naidu said the UPA government has failed to keep its promise made in Parliament.
On December 7, 2011, the then finance minister Pranab Mukherjee had informed the Lok Sabha that the decision to permit 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail trade was suspended till a consensus was developed through consultation amongst various stakeholders including state chief ministers, he said.
The announcement was made without consulting opposition parties, traders and chief ministers of the states, he alleged. Mr Naidu said the BJP is not opposed to reforms but against FDI in retail trade and such a decision would throw crores of farmers on streets.
Reiterating the party’s demand for cancellation of coal blocks allocation, Mr Naidu demanded a high-level independent inquiry in it.