UPA Chairperson and Congress President Mrs.Sonia Gandhi said that decision of FDI in retail would eliminate the middlemen to help farmers and consumers of the country and political parties opposing it are only protecting middlemen. Addressing the mammoth farmers rally at Rajkot in Gujrat, Mrs.Gandhi said though Chief Ministers are not bound to implement the FDI in their respective states, they are threatening the UPA Government on the issue. She said that UPA Government will not bow to these parties . Referring to the issue of corruption, Mrs.Gandhi said that corruption is spread in politics and society and UPA Government is committed to fight it. She said that Congress led government has already introduced the Right to Information Act in this direction and taken strict action against corrupt people, but it was BJP which had not allowed the Lokpal bill to pass in the Rajya Sabha. Mrs.Gandhi said that Parliament is the supreme place in democracy to discuss the all issues including corruption, but opposition did not allow the parliament to discuss it. She said that it is up to the people of the country to decide, who are against the corruption. BJP is against the Congress and not against the corruption, she added.

Attacking Narendra Modi Government , Mrs. Gandhi alleged that Gujarat Government is fully involved in the corrupt practices and there are proofs in CAG reports, but Chief Minister is not allowing the Lokayukkta to function in the state.