The BJP’s ‘sankalp patra’ (manifesto) for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls is a concrete guarantee of a new, capable and developed India whereas the one issued by the Congress is divisive and is inspired by appeasement politics, Union Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday.

The Congress failed to eradicate poverty during its long rule, while the Narendra Modi government managed to get 25 crore citizens out of poverty in the past 8-9 years, Singh said.

“The Congress lacks leadership, policy and intention to take the country forward. The BJP government is committed to bring India among the top three economies by 2027. Our sankalp patra is the concrete guarantee of a new, capable and developed India. The Congress’ manifesto is divisive and inspired by appeasement,” he claimed. Asserting that India will become the world’s third largest economy by 2027, Singh said there were several reasons for it, foremost among them being the strong and credible leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has vision, mission and passion.

On the other hand, the Congress does not have a leader, policy or intention, adding that the party was the “biggest organiser” of the “Olympics of corruption” that was played in 10 years of UPA rule.

“The Congress talked about ending poverty since the times of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Manmohan Singh. But failed to do so despite ruling for over 50 years. In just the last 8-9 years, our government has succeeded in bringing 25 crore people above the poverty line,” Singh said.

He asserted that the Modi government was still not content and wanted to completely eradicate poverty from the nation in the next 5-10 years.