Pramesh S Jain
BJP leaders in Karnataka are busy criticising the Congress government over the increase in milk prices.
But I want to ask the BJP leaders one simple question:
Do you have the courage to question your own Prime Minister and Union Finance Minister about the continuous price rise that ordinary Indians have been suffering for years?.
When the UPA government was in power, BJP leaders repeatedly took to the streets, organised protests and attacked Congress over rising prices.
Today, when the common people are struggling with the cost of living, why are those same BJP leaders silent?.
Let me ask you a few straightforward questions:
What was the price of petrol during the Congress-led UPA government, and what is it today?.
What was the price of diesel then, and what is it today?.
What was the price of a domestic LPG cooking gas cylinder then, and what are people paying now?.
What has happened to the prices of essential commodities, food products and other basic necessities?.
How much financial burden has the Modi government placed on ordinary families through repeated price increases?.
When you were in opposition, you questioned the Congress government every day over price rise.
Now that you are in power at the Centre, why don’t you ask the same questions to your own Prime Minister and Finance Minister?.
Is it because questioning the leadership of your own
party is not permitted? Is this the kind of political culture you want to promote? Democracy means questioning those in power, not blindly defending them.
The Karnataka Congress government has taken decisions in the interest of farmers, milk producers and the dairy sector.
If the BJP has concerns about milk prices, let it raise them democratically. But before pointing fingers at Karnataka, BJP leaders must answer for the much larger burden of price rise under the Central Government.
My challenge to the BJP leaders is simple:
First, question your own Central Government. Demand relief in petrol, diesel, cooking gas and essential commodity prices.
Ask the Prime Minister and Finance Minister to reduce the burden on ordinary citizens.
After that, come to Karnataka and speak about milk prices.
Otherwise, people will see through your politics. They will understand that this is not genuine concern for the common people but pure political opportunism and double standards.
You cannot remain silent about price rise under your own government and suddenly become champions of the common people when it comes to criticising Congress.
The people of India deserve answers, not political drama!
