He said "It was the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government which controlled prices for six continuous years. We ask Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh why prices of essential commodities increase when the Congress comes to power at the centre?"
He blamed the wrong polices of the central government and corruption as reasons for price rise.
He also appealed to people in Jharkhand to give a clear mandate to the party to ensure development of the state.
