launching a frontal attack on the NDA Government on its third anniversary, the Congress on Friday predicted a dark future for the country on the economic and social side and alleged that it was on the verge of seeing strife under the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA Government. The Congress also demanded a White Paper on the Government’s employment strategy.
While Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said the Government had ‘failed to deliver’, and instead, ‘divided and distracted’ the people, former Union Minister Kamal Nath said the hallmark of this government in the last three years has been of ‘bravado, rhetoric and hyperbole’.
Rahul stressed that ‘anger and hatred’ were no solutions to the problems that the people faced. “When they fail to deliver they divide and distract. But anger and hatred will not convert into jobs or solutions,” he tweeted.
Nath, the former Parliamentary Affairs Minister, said the highlight of Modi Government is ‘media management, propaganda, platitudes and acronyms’ and asked people to bring a change in the politics. Noting that voters of the country are very intelligent, he said, “India needs a massive political change. This change in politics is not only going to reflect in the politics of today but the politics of tomorrow.”
“The future of this country is dark from the economic point of view and from the social point of view. The country had never been so undivided. The country is on the verge of seeing strife in the future,” Nath said at AICC briefing.
Alleging the Government has failed to create jobs, he said, “We demand the Government issue a White Paper on its employment strategy.” He said people do not want to hear speeches, but want to know the Government’s employment strategy based on hard facts of last three years.
Nath said the IT sector is facing joblessness and feared this is not only going to cause economic issues, but huge social issues. He claimed that only 1.35 lakh jobs were created in 2015 and by 2028 the country needs 34 crore jobs. ‘How will jobs be created, by slogansIJ,’ he asked, adding that the prime minister promised 2 crore jobs ‘but what is the outcomeIJ’
He said the employment is at a 15 year low and alleged that BJP is spending Rs2,000 crore on ‘Modi Fest’. “But in the last three years, aspirations have been crushed and the nation betrayed. BJP Government’s ‘Modi Fest’, is it a celebration of peopleIJ Are farmers and youth celebratingIJ Is the Industry celebratingIJ,” he asked.
Painting a pessimistic picture of the country on several fronts, he said that tall claim of 7.2 per cent GDP growth does not translate into jobs or wealth creation and asked what it translated into. “We are seeing schemes being announced, where is the execution. Unfortunately the country is becoming victim to this hyperbole and sloganeering,” he said.