Do not vote for a Party which does not allow Parliament to function'

Mangalore, March14: AICC Secretary Shantaram Naik has appealed to the voters of Udupi-Chikmangalur Lok Sabha constituency not to vote for a party which does not allow Parliament to function.

Addressing a press conference in Udupi on wednesday, Mr Naik said that a vote for BJP in Parliamentary elections , is a vote thrown in the waste paper basket as, BJP has , shown by their recent conduct , that they have no faith in Parliamentary democracy which is why they are stalling Parliament on the slightest pretext.

Mr Naik said that during every session hundreds of crores of rupees are lost due to BJP, whose members stop the proceedings of both Houses of Parliament, due to which, a number of bills do not get passed and, important debates , Call Attentions and more importantly, daily Quetion Hour are sacrificed.

Mr Naik said, peoples' vote should go to that party which has respect for Parliament and, therefore, the obvious choice is Congress and its candidate , Jayprakash Hegde.

Mr Naik said that Central Government is keen on reducing unemployment and that is the reason the Government aims to provide skill training to 85 lakh people during 2012-13 and 800 lakh people during the 12th Plan.

President of India in her address on Monday to both Houses of Parliament has said that the Government will set up 1500 new Industrial Training Institutes and 5000 Skill Development Centres under Public Private Partnership, at an estimated cost of 13,000 crore.

Mr Naik said that a legislation on Whistle Blower is likely to be passed in Parliament which will give security to anyone bringing illegalities and acts of corruptions in government departments.

A bill to give statutory recognition to Citizens Charter will also become law during the session, Mr Naik said.

Mr Naik said that an amendment to the Land Acquisition Act which is also likely to passed during the forthcoming budget session will have an human approach towards land acquisition , by making an assessment of social impact before a land is acquired, and that , no land will be acquired for private companies except in very rare cases.

A new law on Benami transactions is likely to be passed to prevent people from buying land ,plots ,houses etc in the name of their relatives and servants to avoid clutches of law, Mr Naik said.

Mr Naik said that priority in jobs will be given to land losers , plot to build houses in case of those who loose their dwelling houses, besides the monetary compensation and alternate agricultural land in case of acquisition of land under cultivation, are some of the features of the new bill and the new Land Acquisition Policy.

Mr Naik said that the Lokpal Bill per se does not contain any provisions pertaining to corruption but is the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988, which is the law dealing with corruption , and that, this law was enacted during Rajiv Gandhi's Prime Ministership.

Mr Naik said that even the Lokpal, that will be constituted if the bill is passed during the forthcoming budget session, will be using the law enacted by Rajiv Gandhi.

Mr Naik said that Karnataka Lok Ayukta is also using the law enacted by Rajiv Gandhi.

Central Government is setting up a National Council for Senior Citizens as a broad-based participatory forum for this important segment of the population, Mr Naik said.

This will give a statutory Forum to Senior Citizens to address the issues affacting them, Mr Naik said.

Mr Naik said that the Central Government is working on a comprehensive fertilizer monitoring system which would present information on fertilizer availability to the farmers through SMS, internet and telephone.

President of India in her address, Mr Naik said has decided to revive eight urea units of Fertilizer Corporation of India and Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation to create an extra installed capacity of 9 million tons of urea.

Government is aiming to achieve self-sufficiency in urea production in the next five years, Mr Naik said.

Mr Naik said that Shri Jayprakash Hegde is a studious man and he is the best choice to represent Udupi-Chikmangalur Lok Sabha Constituency.