Govt. has run out of ideas to tackle economic crisis: Venkaiah Naidu

Alleging that the Congress-led UPA government has run out of ideas to tackle the grave economic situation in the country, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said the only way to end the present situation of uncertainty in the country is to hold Lok Sabha elections in 2013.

"It clearly shows that the prime minister and the government have run out of ideas and he is becoming increasingly impatient and has no explanation beyond blaming the opposition," Naidu told media here.

Naidu said the country could not afford to have a paralytic government and demanded national polls in November-December along with polls in five other states.

"The country can't afford to have a paralytic government. The country doesn't want this government any more. There is uncertainty everywhere. It must end. Only solution to end this uncertainly is early elections along with the five state assembly elections," he added.

BJP veteran Lal Krishna Advani had on Friday also said the only way to tackle the economic crisis effectively is to hold Lok Sabha elections in 2013.

"If people are given a fresh opportunity to select a new government, it would be in the best interest of the country," Advani told media here.

"Country has never seen such a Government which is responsible for the present situation. I advised the President during meeting to allow early Lok Sabha poll to get rid the crisis," he added.

Advani, who led a delegation to meet President Pranab Mukherjee following Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement in Parliament on the present economic scenario, held the Congress-led UPA II Government responsible for the deteriorating condition of the Indian economy.

"The nation has never seen such a government which is responsible for the present situation. I advised the President during meeting to allow early Lok Sabha poll to get rid the crisis," he said.

The BJP also submitted a memorandum to President Mukherjee in which it mentioned, "The country can ill afford at this moment of crisis a government which is paralysed, a Prime Minister who never speaks, a Finance Minister who wrongly blames his immediate predecessor - who cannot defend himself - a supreme leader who does not care about where money will come from and a bureaucracy that is frozen and unable to act."

"We advise you to end the current uncertainty by advising this government to seek a fresh mandate at the earliest and not later than state elections due in the next three months," the memorandum added.