PM STRUGGLES WITH COMPLEX ISSUES, SAYS RAHUL GANDHI

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday awarded an ‘F’ grade to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a range of governance indicators while rating him highly on selfpromotion as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government marked its fourth anniversary in power.

Gandhi said in a tweet, “4 year report card. Agriculture: F. Foreign Policy: F. Fuel Prices: F. Job creation: F. Slogan Creation: A+. Self Promotion: A+. Yoga: B-.”

In remarks posted on the PM, Gandhi then added, “Master Communicator; struggles with complex issues; short attention span.”

Gandhi took the dig at Modi as the Congress termed the government’s tenure as a “period of treachery, trickery, revenge and lies” and said the people now know that Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah were “harmful” to the country.

The principal opposition party also released a booklet titled “India Betrayed” on the completion of four years of the Modi government. In the booklet released in English and Hindi, the Congress posed 40 questions to the PM on issues such as agriculture and rural distress, farmers’ suicides, unemployment, the Rs.13,000 crore Punjab National Bank scam, the Rafale aircraft deal, allegations of corruption against senior BJP leaders and rising fuel prices.

An “atmosphere of fear and hatred had been created” under the

NDA regime, Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Randeep Singh Surjewala told reporters.