Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a scathing assault on the Congress following social gathering chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s recommendation to his social gathering’s state models to make solely fiscally doable guarantees.
Kharge allegedly made the comment amid experiences of fiscal issues the party-ruled states are dealing with in preserving a few of their pre-poll bulletins.
In a sequence of posts on his X deal with utilizing the hashtag #FakePromisesOfCongress, the prime minister hit out on the grand previous social gathering, stating that the folks of India wished growth and progress.
The Congress Social gathering is realising the exhausting means that making unreal guarantees is straightforward however implementing them correctly is hard or inconceivable, mentioned the prime minister.
“Marketing campaign after marketing campaign, they promise issues to the folks, which in addition they know they may by no means have the ability to ship. Now, they stand badly uncovered in entrance of the folks!” he added.
Inviting consideration to states the place the Congress has governments right this moment — Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana, Modi mentioned, “The developmental trajectory and financial well being is popping from dangerous to worse. Their so-called ensures lie unfulfilled, which is a horrible deceit upon the folks of those states. The victims of such politics are the poor, kids, farmers and girls, who are usually not solely denied the advantages of those guarantees but additionally see their present schemes diluted.”
What PM Modi mentioned slamming Congress
— In Karnataka, the Congress is busier in intra-party politics and loot as a substitute of even bothering to ship on growth. Not solely that, they’re additionally going to roll again present schemes.
— In Himachal Pradesh, authorities staff’ salaries are usually not paid on time. In Telangana, farmers are ready for the waiver they promised.
— Beforehand, in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, they promised sure allowances which had been by no means implanted for 5 years. There are quite a few such examples of how the Congress works.
“Individuals of the nation should be vigilant towards the Congress-sponsored tradition of pretend guarantees! We noticed lately how the folks of Haryana rejected their lies and most well-liked a authorities that’s secure, progress-oriented and action-driven. There’s a rising realisation throughout India {that a} vote for the Congress is a vote for non-governance, poor economics and unparalleled loot,” Modi mentioned.
Nevertheless, Congress common secretary KC Venugopal rebuffed PM Modi’s feedback. “We’re implementing our guarantees. In Karnataka, no matter we had promised, we’re implementing it, and anyone can examine it. What PM mentioned is flawed…Principally, the Govt of India shouldn’t be delivering what they promised…They’re blaming us for non-delivery. However on our half, we’re delivering on our guarantees,” he mentioned.
In the meantime, noting that the previous Congress president typically boasts of “khata khat” (instant) cash transfers, BJP chief Ravi Shankar Prasad additionally requested mockingly if Kharge had given his first ‘gyan’ to Rahul Gandhi.
Additional claiming that the party-run governments in states like Karnataka, Telangana and Himachal Pradesh face monetary hardships in fulfilling the ensures provided to folks, the previous legislation minister says Kharge has realised that the Congress mustn’t make reckless bulletins.
