Nagpur, Sep 24 (UNI) In a scathing attack on BJP government over its economic policies, the BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha termed demonetisation and GST ‘dictatorial' decision of the government.
Speaking during 'Yuva Sansad' programme organised by local BJP Mla Ashish Deshmukh at Katol Festival on Saturday, Mr Sinha said the decision on demonetisation and GST were not taken by the cabinet or BJP.
Mr Sinha alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the decision without taking finance minister into confidence and this was a dictatorial decision to make black money white.
Mr Sinha while criticising BJP policies said that allegation were made against him of anti-party activities, but I speak in the interest of the country and the party. If I say demonetisation was wrong, what is wrong with that. People suffered a lot during demonetisations due to an individual’s decision. I want to state very responsibly that it was not a party’s or a cabinet’s decision.
To a question, Mr Sinha said he advised MLA Deshmukh, who too criticises the BJP frequently, that he should not resign as he was showing the mirror to the party and guiding it in the right way.
Though I won by the biggest margin, I am threatened that I would not get a ticket, he said and claimed that the government had taken away right to speak the truth. He also said there was democracy in Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s regime but now dictatorship is being witnessed.
When asked why don’t you quit the party, he said when I am disciplined one why I should quit, the actor-turned-politician said.
Mr Sinha further praised the work done by the AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi while claiming that in the Narendra Modi-led dispensation at the Centre, most work is done by the prime minister’s office (PMO), and not by the ministers.
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