Interview Congress MP Harshwardhan Singh , Posted On: 21-Feb-2010 08:29:32 By: Shiv Prakash Gaur www.mynews.in
Maharajganj (UP):Stating that it was the plank of development, which gave the Congress led United Progressive Alliance a second term in the Parliament, senior party leader and local MP today said that sure about the party’s electoral fortune.
Congress MP Harsh Vardhan Singh said that it was the loan waiver scheme and the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act that did the trick for the party, as it improved its tally the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh.
“Not that NREGA did something phenomenal like creation of jobs, it actually arrested the migration of village people to the cities, who earlier used to go for the search of jobs, in order to earn their livelihood,” Singh said.
“The prevailing under-currents in the state gave enough indication to us that we will not end on the losing side, and the poll results proved it, as the Congress bagged maximum seats from eastern part of the state,” the Congress MP said.
When asked about the party’s recent poor performance in the recent assembly by-polls in UP, where it managed to win only one seat, Singh said that though the party did not perform as per the expectations, the vote share of the party has enhanced.
On drawing his attention towards the fact that three union ministers had campaigned for the party’s candidates in UP, the MP said, that even union minister of state for transport RPN Singh had lost the assembly segment of Padrauna in the recently held Lok Sabha polls.
The Congress leader also criticised the Mayawati government for the deteriorating law and order situation in the state and said that only Congress can bring a new lease of life into the state in form of development.
When asked why is UP’s representation in the union ministry is thin after it gave a surprise result, the MP said that it is the prerogative of the Prime Minister to decide on the ministry size, but he also exuded confidence that the state’s representation in the Central ministry may go up.
