UPA's two years -- a failure on all fronts: BJP

New Delhi, May 19 (UNI) The past two years saw the failure of the United Progressive Alliance Government on all fronts, the BJP today asserted, holding the coalition responsible for ''breach of trust'' with the people by not fulfiling any of the promises made in the Common Minimum Programme.

Whether it is a question of price rise, unemployment, small scale industries, farmers' suicide, internal security or foreign policy this government had utterly failed, BJP Parliamentary Party spokesman Vijay Kumar Malhotra said.

He said the only field in which the UPA excelled was that of corruption and referred to fugitive Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi with regard to the Bofors scam, oil-for-food programme for Iraq, Scorpene Deal, Balco disinvestment and Navy war room leak.

Besides it also had to its credit the promotion of 'appeasement policy' for Muslims in pursuit to further its votebank politics, he said.

Terming the UPA's claim of achievements as 'confined to paper work', Mr Malhotra said the Government's much touted Employment Guarantee Scheme had no impact anywhere in the country.

The BJP felt that in the past two years while the prices of even essential commodities were touching the 'sky', the unemployment register continued to grow, and small scale and cottage industries were facing closure. Besides, there was spurt in farmers' suicides during the period.

On the internal security front, the situation was miserable with Naxalism spreading its wings in several parts of the country, and ISI activities and infiltration from the Bangladesh border increasing.

The Government had almost 'mortgaged' the foreign policy to the US and western powers and ''surrendered to the Maoism'', the party said.

Referring to the steep fluctuations in the Sensex over the past two-three days, Mr Malhotra said the investors, mostly from the middle class and lower middle class, had lost more than Rs 5000 crore and termed as ''unfortunate'' the statement of Finance Minister P Chidambaram that he cannot keep a watch on the Sensex. He said there had been conflicting statements from the government side on taxing the Foreign Institutional Investors.

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