The Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu today crticised Congress party for stalling monsoon session of parliament and alleged that the Congress party is creating obstacles on the road of development as sitting in the opposition in the House.<br/><br/>Mr. Naidu was addressing media persons at BJP office in Varanasi today. On a day visit in Varanasi, the Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu referred to the land acquisition issue and alleged that Congress had showed its doubled standard on this issue. He claimed that his government has acquired only 0.2 percent land from farmers but they created big controversy on that while when they were in power they had acquired 10 lakh hectares of land from farmers. He said out of this land, 79 thousand hectares agriculture land acquired from Haryana state only. Mr Naidu said that his government will soon expose Congress and place all the facts before public. <br/><br/>While mentioning the forthcoming Bihar Assembly elections, Mr. Naidu said that BJP will contest on the issue of development versus caste and corruption in the state. Commentating on Gujarat movement led by Hardik Patel, Mr. Naidu raised the question as to why he did not raise this issue before the NDA government was formed at the Centre. He said that due to Hardik Patel's movement, nine people lost their lives and the state also lost crore of rupees.
News On AIR | September 1, 2015 7:47 PM
Congress showed doubled standard on land acquisition issue: Naidu