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Prabodh Panda of Communist Party Of India (CPI) lashed out
at the government's "inability" to rein in the rising prices
of essential commodities.

He said the President's address was lacking in measures
taken to tackle price rise.
Panda wanted the government to come clear on foreign
policy and asked for a clarification on India's relations with
Iran. He expressed shock on the growing closeness of the
government to the US even in the field of agriculture.
Hailing the government's resolve to fight naxalism, he
said, "I welcome what the President said on Maoist violence."
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)
criticised the government for its "failure" to control
"galloping prices" of essential commodities.
He wanted the government to control market prices of
essential commodities in the same manner in which minimum
support price for farmers was fixed.
Singh said despite women being in key positions in polity,
over six lakh women do not get proper remuneration for their
work in rural areas.
He said the proposal to introduce reservation for the
fairer sex was "betrayal" of women as it does not specify
benefits for women belonging to backward classes. (MORE) PTI
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