BackCPI to move amendments to food security Bill on Monday: Raja
The Rajya Sabha leader says the CPI will move amendments on Monday during the debate on food security Bill
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Mumbai: Communist Party of India (CPI) member from Rajya Sabha D. Raja said on Sunday that his party will move amendments to the food security Bill that was passed by the Lok Sabha last week in the upper house of the Parliament on Monday.
“We shall be moving crucial amendments tomorrow during the debate (on food security Bill) and we will see that these amendments are accepted," Raja told reporters here.
Stressing the need for making the public distribution system “universal", he said nutritional component in it should also be taken into consideration. “The public distribution system should be streamlined and made universal. We should consider all aspects of food security," he said.
Raja said the food security Bill should not adversely impact the financial federalism of the country. “There should not be reduction in supply of food grains from the Centre to the states," he said. “What we are witnessing today is the result of disastrous economic policies pursued by the Congress-led UPA government. It (government) has failed to manage the economy," he said while blaming the Centre’s economic policies for the fall in rupee value against dollar.
Alleging that the Congress party is using the Bill as a poll plank for the next Lok Sabha elections, the CPI leader further said the UPA government is misleading the people. “Definitely they are politicizing the food security Bill as their plank for 2014 Lok Sabha elections. By politicizing the food Bill, government is trying to hoodwink the people," he said. “People know which party should be removed from the office and which party should be taught a lesson. Congress party must not take people for granted," he added. PTI
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