In his first interview after being elected to the Rajya Sabha as a joint candidate of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and the Samajwadi Party, Chaudhary Jayant Singh says he will bring a private member Bill on Equal Opportunity Commission and stand tall against the climate of hate.
Responding to the government’s flip-flop on wheat and sugar exports, Mr. Singh says that during the BJP government terms of trade always remain against farmers and their produce. “Have we ever heard the BJP government putting ban on the export of cement, steel and other things that are used by common people. Things that are made by big industries never face such sort of trade policy.”
Cranes and bulldozers, the RLD chief says, are “symbols of construction” but the way they are being used by the present government, it is very evident that “the government is trying to pit one community against the other.” He says the communal clashes in Rajasthan and Kanpur indicate that “the politics of fear is very much alive and kicking and we have to remain alert if we have to survive this phase.” Edited excerpts:
