Congress president Sonia Gandhi, instead of countering the BJP’s criticism with facts in the Lok Sabha during the Food Security Bill debate, resorted to rhetoric and metaphors to defend the party’s most ambitious legislation ahead of the next election. “Some people are asking if we have resources to implement the Bill. I say, we have to arrange for resources to implement it. Some people are asking if we can do this. I will say, we have to do this,” she said in her speech in Lok Sabha. She went on to pat herself and her party on the back by mentioning, yet again, how the bill will change the lives of the country’s poor. However, the Congress president chose not to address any of BJP leaders Murli Manohar Joshi’s concerns about the legislation. “The Aadhaar card will make sure that fake ration card holders are weeded out” is the only clarification she offered. “I admit that the Bill has some weaknesses and if it is not implemented with sincerity it will be doing grave injustice to the the public,” she said and then went on to continue extolling .
Posted on: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 08:17:56 +0000
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