Hollow promises: Cong on BJP manifesto

Not a single word on unemployment, inflation, says GOP

NEW DELHI: The Congress trashed the BJP’s Lok Sabha poll manifesto on Sunday as a “jumla patra” full of rhetoric, with party chief Mallikarjun Kharge saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s guarantee is a warranty of jumlas as he has failed to fulfil his past promises.

The opposition party also accused Modi of not honouring his promises made on jobs, doubling farmers’ income and tackling inflation, and alleged that the prime minister is now shifting the goalposts by talking about 2047.

The Congress said the BJP manifesto should have been named “maafinama” and Modi should have apologised to farmers, youngsters, poor people and Dalits for not fulfilling the promises made in the last 10 years.

Kharge accused Modi of not doing any major work during his tenure that would have benefitted the people of the country.

Modi released the manifesto at the BJP headquarters here on Sunday. The document has a special focus on the poor, youngsters, farmers and women.

Kharge said youngsters are demanding jobs and the prices of food items have skyrocketed, but the BJP’s manifesto says nothing on these issues.

“No accountability for old guarantees, just a jugglery of empty words! ‘Modi ki Guarantee’ equals ‘warranty of jumlas (rhetoric)’,” he said in a post in Hindi on X and posed 14 questions for the prime minister.

Rahul Gandhi said, “Two words are missing from the BJP’s manifesto and Narendra Modi’s speech -- inflation and unemployment.” “INDIA’s plan is very clear -- recruitment in 30 lakh posts and a permanent job of Rs 1 lakh to every educated youngsters. This time the youngsters are not going to fall into Modi’s trap. They will strengthen the hands of the Congress and bring an ‘employment revolution’ in the country,” he said in a post in Hindi on X. Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate alleged that the BJP is preparing for the biggest assault on the Constitution.