NDA government failed on all fronts : Paswan

Patna, June 20 (UNI) Steel and Fertiliser Minister Ram Vilas Paswan alleged that the NDA government in Bihar had failed on all fronts and announced that his party would launch a statewide agitation from July 20 to highlight its failures among the masses.

Addressing mediapersons here, Mr Paswan said his party had given sixmonths time to the NDA government to prove its worth but it had failed miserably in fulfiling its pre-poll promises.

He said the Nitish Kumar regime had proved to be a''government of announcements'', adding people were fast losing their patience.

When asked about the political situation in Uttar Pradesh, he said the LJP was ready to form a front under the leadership of former prime Minister V P Singh barring BSP, BJP and SP.

He exuded confidence that the proposed front would be able to challenge the ''misgovernance of the Mulayam Singh Yadav government.'' He said he was ready to accommodate all like-minded parties in the proposed front to effectively challenge the SP in the coming assembly elections in UP. He made it clear that he would like to include the Congress in the front.

On the recent hike in price of petro products, Mr Paswan said the decision was taken ''under compulsion'' and the government had no option but to raise the prices of petrol and diesels.

As a Union Minister, he fully supported the decision of the government on increase in prices of petro products, he added.

He announced that National Institute of Pharmaceutical and Economic Research(NIPER) would be established in Hajipur.

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