<p> The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government made a mistake by changing the NDA’s decision of linking petrol prices with fluctuations in international crude prices, agriculture minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Pawar also said the government should take tough decisions in the larger interest of the nation even if it upsets people. <br /><br />“Vajpayee cabinet had linked petrol prices with changes in the international crude prices. We made a mistake by changing this decision. I had opposed the change. “Government should make tough decisions in the larger national interests even if it upsets the people. Ill effect<br /><br />One has to swallow a bitter pill to get cured. We did not make some decisions at the right time and price rise is an ill-effect of that,” Pawar told a TV channel. <br /><br />Challenges Anna Hazare<br /><br />He said difficult decisions should be made and an atmosphere for investment should be created. <br /><br />On Anna Hazare with whom he does not have good relations, Pawar said, “If you think I have done something wrong, file an FIR against me, drag me to court. Do you believe in our judiciary?” <br /><br />Asked about his meeting with Ramdev, the Union minister said as a minister, he should meet chiefs of social organisations and the yoga guru had sought appointment with him. “But I did not agree with his opinion that FDI is blackmoney. I agreed with Ramdev that we need a rational approach for changing the tax regime. If the blackmoney is brought back, it can be used to solve problems of poor farmers and dalits,” he said. <br /><br />To a question on the Maharashtra chief minister, he said Prithviraj Chavan has spent his entire life in Delhi; he visited various places as a party in-charge. “Visiting fields with a sense of responsibility is a different thing”, he added.</p>
<p> The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government made a mistake by changing the NDA’s decision of linking petrol prices with fluctuations in international crude prices, agriculture minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Pawar also said the government should take tough decisions in the larger interest of the nation even if it upsets people. <br /><br />“Vajpayee cabinet had linked petrol prices with changes in the international crude prices. We made a mistake by changing this decision. I had opposed the change. “Government should make tough decisions in the larger national interests even if it upsets the people. Ill effect<br /><br />One has to swallow a bitter pill to get cured. We did not make some decisions at the right time and price rise is an ill-effect of that,” Pawar told a TV channel. <br /><br />Challenges Anna Hazare<br /><br />He said difficult decisions should be made and an atmosphere for investment should be created. <br /><br />On Anna Hazare with whom he does not have good relations, Pawar said, “If you think I have done something wrong, file an FIR against me, drag me to court. Do you believe in our judiciary?” <br /><br />Asked about his meeting with Ramdev, the Union minister said as a minister, he should meet chiefs of social organisations and the yoga guru had sought appointment with him. “But I did not agree with his opinion that FDI is blackmoney. I agreed with Ramdev that we need a rational approach for changing the tax regime. If the blackmoney is brought back, it can be used to solve problems of poor farmers and dalits,” he said. <br /><br />To a question on the Maharashtra chief minister, he said Prithviraj Chavan has spent his entire life in Delhi; he visited various places as a party in-charge. “Visiting fields with a sense of responsibility is a different thing”, he added.</p>