Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 11-year tenure, alleging 33 mistakes and accusing him of frequent dishonesty. Kharge claimed Modi deceives the youth and the poor for votes, failing to deliver on promises like employment and MSP. He asserted that Modi never admits to mistakes or apologises for unfulfilled commitments.
Slamming 11 years of Narendra Modi-led NDA government at the Centre, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday accused the Prime Minister of committing 33 mistakes during this period.He claimed that he had never seen a PM who lies so much and "traps" people and deceives the youth.
"It has been 11 years and 33 mistakes have been committed. You are aware and I have been saying it in parliament too -- I have never seen a Prime Minister who lies so much, who commits so many mistakes, who traps people, who devices youth, who traps the poor and gets votes. I have been in power for 55 years, and in politics for 65 years, there has been no one like him," Kharge said.
Speaking to reporters here, he said the PM lies for everything and does not implement anything that he says, and when questioned he does not have any answers for it."Whether it is demonetisation or employment generation or MSP, there are many such things. He has never admitted that he has lied to people and has committed a mistake, and never apologised for it. He keeps on saying things one after the other and it has been 11 years now," he added.
Prime Minister Modi took oath for a third term on June 9, 2024. The Modi government marked its first anniversary in the third term and 11th overall on Monday.As the Narendra Modi government on Monday rolled out its 11th-anniversary publicity parade, flaunting its list of purported achievements, the Opposition threw back at it a litany of the many ills tormenting the country.
The Congress released a booklet countering each of the claims in the Centre’s Viksit Bharat ka Amrit Kaal: Seva, Sushasan, Garib Kalyan ke 11 Saal (The Golden Age of a Developed India: 11 Years of Service, Good Governance and Welfare for the Poor), which was released last week.Other parties, too, tried to poke holes into the NDA government’s claims.
The Congress’s booklet — 11 Saal, Jhoothe Vikaas Ke Vaade (11 Years of False Promises on Development) — quoted extensively from publicly available data and issued point-wise rebuttals to the government’s 166-page booklet.Citing the Global Hunger Index report, the Congress said: “Malnutrition remains a national crisis. Stunting (low height for age) is at 35.5%, wasting (low weight for height) at 19.3%, and underweight (low weight for age) at 32.1%.”
The party trashed the purported success of Swachh Bharat, saying: “World Bank report — Toilet usage dropped since 2018-19 by 20 points among SC and 24 points among ST due to non-functional toilets, lack of water and poor maintenance.”On agriculture, the Congress flagged issues with every scheme of the Modi government. “Nearly 55% of India’s agricultural households were burdened with debt. More than 19 crore farmers owe over Rs33 lakh crore to banks,” the Congress’s booklet said.
On security, the Congress underscored that contrary to the claims that the removal of Article 370 had reduced separatism, “between 2019 and 2023, Jammu and Kashmir saw 579 terror attacks and the deaths of 168 civilians and 247 security personnel”.The Congress was equally scathing about the economy. “India’s real GDP growth for FY 2024-25 was the slowest annual growth since the pandemic year 2020-21…. The net FDI figure crashed 96% between 2020-21 and 2024-25…,” it said.
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