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are looking at this Parliament, looking at the Government, looking at the
Opposition as to what common remedy they are going to suggest. If we do not
have a remedy and if we are taking this issue to the streets, then it is unfortunate.
They said that the July 5 th struggle was a historic one. We had two bandhs
in Kerala. They are very fast in declaring bandhs. In our State it is a style. They
had a bandh on a particular day. After two days only they came to know that there
is an all-India bandh. So, first they had a State bandh and after five days they had
an all-India bandh. They say that it is historic public outcry. By force, people were
prevented from moving around. Of course, people are affected by price rise. The
other day, Shri Sharad Yadav was saying that 5 th July agitation was like Quit India
Movement. The way he was denigrating that National Movement, I felt ashamed
on that day.
In fact, we do not want to blame them. We would like to appeal to their
conscience that here is a situation where we have to put our heads together and
find a solution. Here is a Government which made zero import duty, here is a
Government which made the record procurement, here is a Government which
gave the maximum support price, and there is a record production.
Today, even if the whole world declares bandh against India, India will not
starve. Millions of people of this country can be supported by our production. Our
food production has reached that level. That is the situation.
I am very happy about one thing. Next time when this House meets, our
friends will not get an opportunity to raise this issue of price rise. Prices are
coming down. Many economies of the world have faced this kind of situation, a
temporary rise in the prices. Today, the graph is down. So, do not think that you
will always get this opportunity to blame the Government. You will not get an
opportunity in future.
There is not going to be any voting. It is a very strongly worded statement.
You can say that it is a sort of censuring the Government. We have no objection
even if it is a censuring one. We have agreed to this kind of wording. The whole
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