Congress leaders on Saturday hit again at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claims of the occasion making false guarantees to voters, citing the Centre’s information to focus on its efficiency within the three states the place it’s in energy, whereas the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) stated the Congress was dealing with a disaster of credibility.
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Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar posted on social media, “As per the information from the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Karnataka’s GSDP progress for 2023-24 is 10.2% surpassing the nationwide common of 8.2%. Now, These are details. These details are backed by figures. These figures are supported by credible sources. The query is: Do these details and figures even attain the Union Govt? or these details don’t attain those that formulate tweets for the very best places of work on the Centre?”
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Congress common secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who will contest for a Lok Sabha berth from Wayanad, countered the PM’s claims in an extended put up on X, saying, “Mahatma Gandhi used to say, “Fact is God.” “Satyameva Jayate” written within the Mundaka Upanishad is our nationwide motto. These mottos establishing reality turned the beliefs of the Indian freedom motion, the reconstruction of India and public life. In a rustic the place reality is the premise of 1000’s of years of tradition, an individual sitting on the very best place mustn’t resort to untruth. The allegations made by the Prime Minister in opposition to the Indian Nationwide Congress are removed from the reality.”
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“The Congress Get together has began fulfilling the guarantees made to the individuals in any state as quickly because it shaped the federal government, with out ready for the subsequent elections. Whether or not it’s Karnataka, Telangana or Himachal Pradesh, the general public cash is being put within the pockets of the individuals by ensures every single day within the states dominated by the Congress. The Prime Minister has understood that his phrases not maintain any worth in entrance of the individuals of the nation. Just lately, ‘100 days plan’, ‘taking the opinion of 20 lakh individuals for the roadmap of 2047’, ‘two crore jobs yearly’, ‘100 good cities’, ‘bringing again black cash’, ‘lowering inflation and unemployment’, ‘doubling the revenue of farmers’, ‘bringing the rupee at par with the greenback’ and ‘bringing good days’… these had been such guarantees which have been confirmed false and now the individuals of the nation haven’t any religion in such guarantees,” she stated.
Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri slammed the Congress on Saturday for making up “lies” and “fabricated figures” to create a story in opposition to the federal government and its insurance policies.
“Congress Get together and Mr Kharge appear to be oblivious of the modifications which have remodeled the lives of Indians for the higher. Insurance policies of inclusive growth anchored within the imaginative and prescient of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’ beneath the steering of PM @narendramodi,” he stated.
In a collection of posts on X, he stated the Congress follows a “traditional shoot and scoot model of social media coverage primarily based on lies, fabricated figures & pretend information” and its senior leaders didn’t test details earlier than going public.
Puri stated there was vital employment progress through the years and employment has elevated by almost 36%, including round 170 million jobs between 2016-17 and 2022-23. “We’re on our approach to changing into the world’s third largest economic system very quickly from the eleventh spot their famed economists and insurance policies left us in 2014. Whereas offering direct & oblique employment alternatives to our youth India’s GDP grew at a mean fee of over 6.5% throughout the identical interval. Indian labour market indicators present that the unemployment fee has declined to three.2% in 2022-23,” he stated.
BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP, Sudhanshu Trivedi stated whereas the BJP has earned credibility for fulfilling guarantees beneath Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s management, the Congress faces a “credibility disaster”.
“We consider within the creation of wealth and distribution. The Congress stands for creation of corruption and destruction of wealth,” he stated, claiming there have been dozens of cases of “unfulfilled guarantees” made by Congress-led governments in numerous states.
The minister claimed unemployment fee has declined from 17.8% in 2017-18 to 10% in 2022-23 and EPFO has reached 13.2 million subscribersin 2024 whereas the gig economic system workforce is anticipated to develop to 23.5 million by 2029-30.
Because the marketing campaign for Maharashtra and Jharkhand meeting polls gained momentum, PM Modi stated on Friday, “The Congress occasion is realising the laborious manner that making unreal guarantees is simple however implementing them correctly is hard or unattainable. Marketing campaign after marketing campaign they promise issues to the individuals, which in addition they know they’ll by no means be capable to ship. Now, they stand badly uncovered in entrance of the individuals! #FakePromisesOfCongress.”
Modi’s allegation, in type of a collection of tweets, got here after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge suggested occasion models to announce ballot sops primarily based on fiscal viability, warning that an unplanned method might result in monetary difficulties and negatively affect future generations. His feedback had come within the context of stories that Karnataka might evaluate its free bus journey scheme for girls.
