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Chidambaram's comments on middle class may lead to 'huge revolution': Shahid Siddiqui
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Posted online: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 12:24:06 PM
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New Delhi, July 11 : Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram's remarks on the Indian middle class that they do not mind paying more for drinking water but protest against increase in price of rice would lead to a 'huge revolution, allowing Naxalites to roam freely in cities and turn people towards violence', said Shahid Siddiqui of the Samajwadi Party.
Citing the example of the 18th century French Revolution, Siddiqui said: "Before the French Revolution, the Queen of France when she was told that people are fighting and protesting because they don't have bread, she said, if they don't have the bread, why don't they eat cake. So, it is the same kind of statement. And, it brought about the biggest revolution in modern history, the French Revolution. And, if such a senior leader speaks like that, then I am afraid this county may see a huge revolution."
"We are talking about Naxalites in the jungles of Chhattisgarh, you may see those Naxalites in the cities. People may become violent. If a person like Chidambaram speak like that then what I can say is 'Allah Hi Maalik Hai Is Desh Ka'.
Siddiqui further said Pranab Mukherjee's exit from the Congress Party should be seen as a big loss to the ruling UPA Government.
"Pranab Mukherjee was one man who knew every ministry, who knew every official, who knew how to manage the opposition. He was the best possible political manager any party could have ever had, and it is a big loss to the government, big loss to the Congress Party," said Siddiqui.
"But anyways, nothing stops because of anybody, things will go on," he added.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also condemned Chidambaram's statement yesterday, and asked him to apologize to the whole nation for it.
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