Uttarakhand Congress president Pritam Singh today reminded the BJP of its poll promises while taking opportunity to pose five questions from the national president of BJP, J P Nadda who is on a four day tour of the state.
Talking with the media persons here on Saturday Singh said that in the elections of 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured that employment would be provided to the unemployed but data released by the CMIE suggests that Uttarakhand has the highest rate of unemployment in the country. He said that the BJP in 2017 had claimed that the loans of farmers would be waived off but no action on it has been taken on it. The PCC president asked Nadda- when the One Rank One Pension (OROP) would be implemented as promised.
On Zero tolerance on corruption and the promise made by the chief minister on bringing Lokayukt within 100 days, Singh said that even allegation of corruption has been made against Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat. He added that CM should fulfill the promise of CBI inquiry in the NH 74 land acquisition scam. Raising the issue of price rise, of the PCC president said that the cooking gas cylinder which was priced around Rs 400 during the UPA government now costs Rs 800. He added that the Modi government has ensured that basic food item like onions too are now away from the reach of the common man.
Sunday, 06 December 2020 | PNS | Dehradun
