BJP petro-strike
Source: The Sangai Express / Agencies
New Delhi, June 07 2012:
Stepping up its attack on the Congress-led UPA government, BJP will on Thursday kickstart its nationwide agitation on the twin issues of hike in petrol prices
and inflation.
The party said the two-week long agitation will end with a court arrest stir on the June 22 .
"During the period, we will organise rallies and padyatras against the government at district and tehsil levels and end the protest with a jail bharo," party Vice-President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Wednesday.
"All national and state leaders, MPs, MLAs, office-bearers of the BJP will participate in the Jan Sangharsh and court arrest on June 22," Naqvi said.
While addressing a press conference on Wednesday, the BJP leader said the country was passing through difficult times because Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was leading a "corrupt" government and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi was their "protector".
"They are encouraging corruption under the garb of honesty" .
Naqvi also charged that in the eight years of the UPA administration, scams and corruption have broken all records.
Naqvi said instead of attacking the main opposition party, the Congress, heading the ruling coalition, will serve the country well by fighting corruption and price rise.