RAJAHMUNDRY: Bharatiya Janata Party leader M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said the Union Government was lacking the political will to introduce the Lokpal bill and had not taken the Opposition into confidence on the issue.
Addressing a press conference, he said the Government was now arguing that Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev were not elected members of any legislature and therefore no dialogue with them was warranted. He said the Lokpal bill was more important than any other matter. So, the bill should be tabled in Parliament in the coming winter session, he said.
He said their party would support any one willing to fight against corruption and seeking tabling of the Lokpal bill without dilution. Mr Venkaiah Naidu said all scams -- from 2G to KG basin - should be probed and everyone, including the Prime Minister, should be brought within the purview of the Lokpal. Their party would launch an anti-corruption agitation for four days from June 23 all over the country.
The BJP leader said the government was not showing accountability on farmers' demand for increase of minimum support price and purchase of their produce directly by the government. He said farmers themselves declaring ‘crop holiday' was a dangerous signal. It would mean a food crisis looming on the country, he said.
He demanded that the State government release white paper on several issues pertaining to farmers. He asked the government to give details of the compensation paid for crop loss caused by cyclones Jal and Laila. He demanded district-wise statistics of paddy procurement, details of purchase of discoloured paddy etc. He asked the Union Government to send a team with Agriculture, Food and Finance Secretaries to study the farming crisis in the State and assess the situation of farmers who declared crop holiday. BJP senior leader Somu Veerraju participated.
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