BJP govts at Centre, Maha failed to keep poll promises: NCP

NCP today accused the BJP-led NDA governments at the Centre and Maharashtra of "miserably" failing to fulfil the promises made in run up to the Lok Sabha elections.
"Both the governments have miserably failed to provide any relief to the common people and to oblige the promises they had made during the election campaign two years back," senior NCP leader Dilip Walse Patil told reporters here today.
He also accused the NDA governments of failing to rein in the rise in prices of essential commodities.
"Central government has completely failed to control the rising prices of essential commodities, particularly pulses, while the state (Maharashtra) government has failed to handle the drought-like situation and provide any relief to the cotton growers and restrict the farmers suicides," the former Speaker of Legislative Assembly said.

Walse Patil said the Narendra Modi government is indulged in "saffronisation" of education instead of concentrating on improving the quality of education.
"The agriculture production and the industrial output are on the decline and people are still waiting for Rs 15 lakh which they were promised would get deposited in their savings account," he said referring to BJP's then Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's poll promise of repatriating the black money stashed abroad.

Walse Patil said the state government has failed to give the high remunerative prices to cotton.
"The government has also failed to curb suicides of farmers in Vidarbha and Marathwada regions. The law and order situation is worsening," he alleged.

He said farmers in Maharashtra are still awaiting waiver as well as restructuring of crop loans.
Walse Patil was recently appointed as the Nagpur district incharge of party affairs ahead of the civic body elections.
"NCP is gearing up to contest the forthcoming civic elections across the state on its own. But the final decision on alliance with Congress or other like-minded parties depends on our party leadership," he added.
To a query, the senior politician dismissed any possibility of NCP supporting the BJP government in state if its alliance partner Shiv Sena were to withdraw support.
He said Congress is "natural ally" of NCP.