‘PM has ensured 10 years of doom, not development for all’
Though Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to take all Indians along the path of development, he ended up scripting doom for all by trying to stie democracy, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said on Saturday.
In a play of words on the BJP slogan — “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas”, meaning “all together, development for all” — Mr. Kharge said that the PM had instead ensured “sabka satyanash” or “doom for everyone”, and had failed to full any of the promises he has made over his past decade in power.
“He guaranteed two crore jobs [per year]. So, there should have been 20 crore jobs. He promised to bring back the black money he claimed was stashed abroad during the Congress rule and give ₹15 lakh to everyone. He promised to double farmers’ income and build a house for every family by 2022. He could not implement any of these promises,” Mr. Kharge told mediapersons in Guwahati.
He said that unlike the Congress, the BJP had never fought for the country’s
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge addresses a press conference in Guwahati.
independence, but it keeps boasting about patriotism.
“They also say that India attained Independence after 2014. I feel sad that people who grew up in the Congress and became leaders also say the same thing. If the Congress was so bad, why did you waste 30 to 40 years of your life in the party,” he asked the turncoats.
The Congress president said that his party was ghting the ongoing Lok Sabha election to save the Constitution of India and democracy, and to check the problems of ination and unemployment. The farmers, in particular, are angry because of the hardships heaped on them by the BJP-led NDA government, he said.