BJP to take fight from Sansad to Sadak: Rajnath

BALASORE: Former BJP national president Rajnath Singh on Sunday slammed both the UPA at the Centre and the BJD Government in the State for their ‘anti-farmer’ policies.  He said both the governments had cheated the people and deprived them of their rights after coming to power.Rajnath was speaking at the party’s Bhrastachar Hatao Abhiyan (anti-corruption campaign) at Nilagiri in Balasore district. He condemned the crackdown on Baba Ramdev and thousands of people who were on a peaceful strike against corruption in Delhi.He said the BJP would protest against the ‘wanton’ attack on people’s democratic rights and to reaffirm the commitment of bringing back the money stashed in foreign banks.  “Most of the political outfits want the black money to be brought back to the nation. But the UPA Government never takes any effective action even as skeletons continue to tumble from its own cupboard. That is the reason they do not want implementation of a well-drafted Lokpal bill,” he said.  Singh said if the black money could be brought back, people of the country would get their share of ` 1,80,000 each. The BJP will take this campaign from Sansad to Sadak, he said, adding that the party will not join Anna Hazare or Ramdev for the purpose.Flaying Naveen Patnaik Government, the former BJP president said the audio CD on the ‘deal’ during the last Rajya Sabha election had exposed the real face of the so-called ‘transparent and clean’ government. “I demand immediate sacking of ministers involved in the horse trading and criminal proceedings against them,” he said.  Singh criticised the State Government for forcibly acquiring land from the farmers and providing water to industries instead of adopting schemes for the growth of farmers and agricultural sector. He urged the people to defeat the corrupt and dishonest governments both at the Centre and the State in the next election.KEONJHAR: Speaking at a public meeting at Keonjhar, Singh said BJP was the only party  trying to root out corruption from the country.  Alleging that the State Government is supplying water to industries instead of helping farmers, Singh said it was the farmers who had rights over the water sources of the country.