Gadkari accuses Sonia Gandhi of misleading people on Land Bill

Union minister Nitin Gadkari has hit back at Congress president Sonia Gandhi on the land bill issue, accusing her of "misleading" the country and alleging that UPA government's policies had resulted in unemployment and farmer suicides. Quoting a study of the erstwhile Planning Commission, he alleged that her government spent the money, meant for road, power and irrigation projects, on populist measures to "lure" voters.