And what is the position on the economic front? It is equally tragic. (Interruptions). One sentence sums up the whole situation : production is falling and prices are rising. Only one sentence, really speaking gives a full picture of the Country’s economy. (Interruptions) And what is the answer for that, that Government had got? The answer is ‘Ordinances!’ The relationship with industrial workers is very important in the field of production, if at all you want to manage production properly. What is your policy of having relationship with industrial workers?
Shri Jyotirmoy Bosu : They are following your path.
Shri Yashwantrao Chavan : If they had followed our path, it would not have come to this pass. They would have survived for at least thirty years. We survived, despite you, for thirty years, Mr. Jyotrimoy Bosu. (Interruptions).
Agriculture production was showing some good signs for the last three or four years. Nature was very kind to us. I wish it will be kind to us again this year. But it does not seem to be so because I have just heard reports from my State, that in my State, nearly 15 districts are under the shadow of drought. If this is repeated in two more states, things will grow still worse.
When the Finance Minister presented the Budget, he said that deficit financing will be of the order of Rs. 1300 crores or Rs. 1500 crores, whatever it is. But, after reading the Statement of the Petroleum Minister, it looks as though deficit financing this year is likely to be of the order of nearly Rs. 3,000 crores. I was rather modest, it would be about Rs. 4,000 crores, I believe. If this is the extent of deficit financing, how are you going to tackle the problem and the question of prices and inflation .run-away inflation in this country? The poor man’s suffering will become worse and the rich men will certainly get away with it, as they always do and as they have always succeeded.
So, this is the economic picture : it is also very dangerously deteriorating. And this Government is not capable of providing any solution to the problems, that need to be provided : therefore this No-confidence Motion. We think that on the political front and on the economic front there is complete deterioration and there is no justification for this Government to remain as Government.
Now, we come to how the Cabinet is functioning. Normally, in any democratic society, the Cabinet sets the tone of administration; the manner is which they have relationship among themselves, the manner in which they have relationship with the public, the manner in which they deal with the issues as they arise. That creates a different atmosphere.