Centre responsible for farmers146; suicides: Advani

8216;8216;The Prime Minister is supposed to give direction to the government. But in case of the current government, Congress president Sonia Gandhi is operating the steering wheel,8217;8217; he said. He attacked the UPA government8217;s policy on terrorism, increasing infiltration by Bangladeshi nationals.

Meanwhile, Rajnath Singh in Chhattisgarh said, 8216;8216;We are dismayed that the UPA government has taken such a casual attitude to the Maoist threat.8221;

He alleged that the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh had tried to appease the extremists and gave them an opportunity to regroup and rearm themselves. Warning that the Centre8217;s 8216;8216;inaction8217;8217; would prove costly, he suggested a five-point strategy to deal with the problem.