Upa Price Rise

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  "Window Dressing Won't Make Reality Disappear": Congress On White Paper

  The Congress alleged on Thursday that the government's white paper on the country's economy under the UPA rule is aimed at hiding "the dark truth" and said hunger, price rise, unemployment and abject poverty are a lived reality for a vast majority of

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  "Price Rise, Unemployment...": Congress' Black Paper Attack On Government

  A 'white' vs 'black' war dominated Indian politics Thursday with the government and the opposition releasing competing factsheets on the economy during the 10 years of the Congress-led UPA and the past decade, in which PM Modi's BJP was in power.

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  "4-5 Businessmen Benefitting From Fuel Price Rise": Rahul Gandhi In Goa

  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today hit out at the BJP on increasing fuel prices. He pointed out that crude oil prices were much higher when the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was in power and yet, people are forced to pay more now.

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  Mayawati Stumps Congress As Opposition Looks To Corner BJP On Fuel Prices

  BSP president Mayawati's remarks holding the previous UPA government and the BJP equally responsible for the steep hike in fuel prices has caught Congress completely by surprise. Congress leaders now feel Mayawati's comments will raise a question mark on attempts at striking an opposition unity ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

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  Shiv Sena Slams Ally BJP for Failing to Control Inflation

  Rapping ally BJP, the Shiv Sena today said while former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was easily blamed for inflation during UPA rule, the present governments in the state and at the Centre have also failed to check the rising prices of essential commodities even after one year.

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  Price Rise Would Have Been Better Reason Than Nuclear Deal to Pull Out of UPA: CPI(M) Chief Sitaram Yechury to NDTV

  Sitaram Yechury, the new head of the CPI (M), has for the first time admitted that the party should have found a more people-friendly reason than the Indo-US nuclear deal to withdraw support to Dr Manmohan Singh's government in 2008.

• No Relief From Inflation as More Veggies Get Costlier

  The issue of price rise was on the menu both inside and outside Parliament on Wednesday.

• Congress Worsened Matters, Wants to Pass on Blame: Arun Jaitley in Rajya Sabha

  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, in a reply to a discussion in the Rajya Sabha, put the blame for rise in prices of essentials, squarely on the previous Congress-led UPA government.

• Protests Over Price Rise in Parliament and Outside

  There was no Question Hour in either House of Parliament on the first day of the Budget session today, with the Opposition closing ranks demanding immediate discussions on the issue of rise in prices of essentials.

• Rising Inflation Fallout of UPA Legacy: Rajnath Singh

  Union Home Minister and BJP President Rajnath Singh today said that rising inflation was a fallout of the policy paralysis that prevailed during the Congress-led UPA regime and added that the nascent Narendra Modi government will need time to rein in the price rise.

• Narendra Modi targets Congress over corruption, says A for Adarsh, B for Bofors

  BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today slammed the Congress-led UPA government over corruption and price rise by saying the "ABCD of corruption" had become the identity of the party.

• Mayawati attacks UPA in Delhi rally, blames it for price rise

  BSP chief Mayawati today attacked the UPA government, alleging that its wrong policies has lead to a rise in the prices of essential commodities in the country.

• Handling inflation UPA's shortcoming: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

  Admitting that handling inflation is a shortcoming of the UPA government, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asserted that there was need to take "solid steps" to ease the situation on price rise especially this year.

• UPA government exploits the poor: Mamata Banerjee on diesel price hike

  Describing the UPA government as an 'exploiter' of the poor, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today attacked it on the latest diesel price hike.

• Why Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party may not dump the Congress after all

  Will a fear of Narendra Modi rising keep the Samajwadi Party from dumping the Congress? That and a need to ensure that his arch rival in Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati, does not get closer to power at the Centre is likely to influence Mulayam Singh Yadav's decision-making - with his 22 Lok Sabha MPs, the outside support Mr Yadav provides to the UPA has b...