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Food Security Act is a 'betrayal' of Congress allies: Modi

BJP Campaign Spearhead And Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Accused The Congress On Sunday Of Betraying Its UPA Allies By Issuing An Ordinance To Bring In The Food Security Act With An Ulterior Motive To Take Full Credit For The Legislation.

PTI | Updated on: 14 Jul 2013, 10:41:16 PM

Pune:

BJP campaign spearhead and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress on Sunday of "betraying" its UPA allies by issuing an ordinance to bring in the Food Security Act with an ulterior motive to take "full credit" for the legislation.

In a comment, apparently seen as a shrewd political move to drive a wedge between the Congress and its allies, Modi, addressing a well attended public meeting here, said, "The Congress hastily issued an ordinance to take full credit for the Food Security Act. If it had waited until the parliament session, it would have required the support of its allies to clear the passage of the bill. But the ruling party did not want to share the credit with its own allies and betrayed them".

In order to remove lacunae in the bill, the government should have taken parliament into confidence and discussed it before passing, he said.

"Since they cannot give bread to to the poor, they are offering a piece of paper in the form of the Food Security Act", he alleged.

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First Published : 14 Jul 2013, 10:40:00 PM

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