PTI, Bhiwani :
Accusing Narendra Modi government of trying to weaken laws on land acquisition and rural employment brought in by UPA, Sonia Gandhi on Saturday asked people to be wary of BJP and INLD, claiming their sole aim was to “grab power for vested interests”.
“Today, when polls are before us, our rival parties, in a bid to capture power, have come out of their houses and even out of the jails,” she said addressing a rally in Tosham in this Harayna district ahead of October 15 Assembly election.
The Congress President said the electorate should not fall into the “trap” of the BJP which “promises a lot but delivers little”. She also took a dig at INLD leader and former Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, who was serving a 10-year imprisonment in a graft case but was campaigning while on bail on health grounds, for his remarks that if his party comes to power he will take oath from Tihar jail.
“Jail say sarkar chaleney walon ko bhe kursi chahiyee (Those promising to rule from jail only want power). Other parties too want their share of power. They want power not because they want to serve you and wish to undertake Haryana’s development, they are in the race because they want to grab power for their vested interests,” Gandhi said.
The Congress President attacked the Narendra Modi government’s decision to decontrol prices of crucial drugs. Gandhi said the decision was taken ahead of the Prime Minister’s visit to the United States.
