PPCC chief asks party workers to stop RSS growth
Sunday, 16/11/2014
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Chandigarh : Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief Partap Singh Bajwa today directed the Panchayati Raj Rural Development Cell of the party to check the penetration of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in rural areas. He also asked the BJP why it had not objected to the 'wrongdoings' of Akalis all these years.
The PPCC chief cautioned party workers against the RSS spreading wings in the state at a meeting of the party cell held in the Congress Bhavan. He said this could lead to communal tension.
Bajwa slammed the Akali Dal-BJP government for being anti-farmer, whose real face had been exposed during paddy procurement season. He said the BJP had an urban base that had no concern for the rural areas.
He pointed out that the prices of wheat and paddy had increased by about Rs 700 per quintal from during the UPA rule from 2004 to 2013, while the increase under BJP-led NDA was just Rs 60 from 1999 to 2004.
He said while the diesel prices in the world market were decreasing sharply, the SAD-BJP Government was increasing VAT on diesel, a move that would be opposed by the Congress.
He slammed the Union Government for levying Service Tax on NRI remittances and said that this would encourage Hawala transactions. He said the BJP government was planning to make drastic changes in MGNREGA rules that would make the scheme less beneficial.
