‘Warranty of jumlas’: Opp slams BJP manifesto for ‘skipping key issues — inflation, lack of jobs’

THE OPPOSITION parties on Sunday dismissed the BJP'S Lok Sabha poll manifesto — 'Modi ki Guarantee' — as a “jumla patra (full of rhetoric)”, and demanded that the party explain what happened with the promises it made in past elections.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s guarantee was a “warranty of jumlas”. The Congress also accused PM Modi of not honouring his promises made in the past elections on giving two crore jobs annually, doubling farmers' income, cleaning Ganga, and tackling inflation. He said “the PM was shifting the goalposts by talking about 2047”. “No accountability for old guarantees, just a jugglery of empty words! 'Modi ki Guarantee' equals 'warranty of jumlas (rhetoric)'," Kharge posted on X.

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said, “Two words are missing from the BJP'S manifesto and Narendra Modi's speech — inflation and unemployment. BJP does not want to discuss the most important issues associated with people’s lives.”

Addressing a press conference, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said the BJP, in its 2014 Lok Sabha polls manifesto, had promised to bring back black money by forming a special task force, but electoral bonds were introduced instead. He said the people were fed up with the promises of Modi.

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Gandhi Vadra said the BJP'S 'Sankalp Patra' was just a “sham” and the real manifesto of the BJP was “Samvidhan Badlo Patra”.

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav said the BJP manifesto was “merely a document of statements that break the record of lies”. In a statement, Yadav said when the people have chosen their bright future as the option and have taken a pledge to make the INDIA bloc defeat the BJP, “then the BJP'S 'Sankalp Patra' was of no use”. “How can those who did not fulfil their promises in the last 10 years of rule talk about giving a guarantee for the future. If BJP has the courage, it should bring out its manifesto of 2014 and 2019 and give an account of which of its promises it fulfilled,” Yadav said.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said the BJP in its manifesto has completely forgotten about jobs, youth, farmers and villages. “There is no mention of eliminating or reducing inflation, unemployment and poverty. In BJP’S manifesto, there is nothing for the growth and upliftment of backward and poor states like Bihar,” Tejashwi said.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said the document has no mention of the promises made by the Centre in the last 10 years. Senior AAP leader Atishi said, “PM Modi had promised two crore jobs every year to the youngsters, but the jumla patra has no data on the job creation in the last 10 years. Price of an LPG cylinder has risen from Rs 300 to Rs 1,200, while the price of diesel has gone up from Rs 55 to Rs 90 per litre.”