Patna June 13, 2010
Attacking Congress president
Sonia Gandhi over her "silence" on the Bhopal gas tragedy verdict, Gujarat Chief
Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday
asked her to explain who is the 'Maut ka
saudagar' (merchant of
death).
"Why is Sonia Gandhi silent on
her party and government's failure in ensuring justice to the Bhopal gas tragedy victims? Now will she explain who is the maut ka saudagar?," he
said while addressing the 'Swabhiman Rally' of the BJP on conclusion of
the party's two-day national executive in Patna.
Modi said several thousands had died
during the Bhopal gas leak in 1984 when Madhya Pradesh was ruled by the Congress
party.
"The verdict in the case has come out
recently after a 26-year delay. But Sonia Gandhi is maintaining a
comfortable silence on the matter," the BJP leader said.
Modi alleged that Gandhi's silence on
the issue of price rise
of essential commodities "was killing thousands of poor in the
country".
He said the UPA under Sonia Gandhi had
come to power with the promise of eradicating poverty, but even after
completing a year in their second term, the plight of the poor in the
country was only worsening every day.
The Gujarat chief minister claimed that the UPA
government was helpless when it came to bringing the spiralling prices
of essential commodities under control.
"Sonia Gandhi is a mother too. How come
she does not understand the burden of a poor mother, who is not able to
feed her child due to the high cost of the essential commodities," he
said.
On the Naxal problem, Modi said some
sections in the Congress party claim it was a socio-economic issue and
that Maoism grew when there was no development.
"The Congress
party has ruled the country for over 50 years out of the 60 years since
Independence. If there is no development in the country and if it is
giving rise to Naxalism, then who is to be blamed but the Congress
party," he said.
"Development was important, but security
of the common man was equally important," he said.
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