NDA term full of propaganda, demand White Paper on economy: Congress

In a scathing attack, the Congress on Thursday said the Modi government's three years in power were full of "distractions, propaganda, falsification of facts, intoleranace, manufacturing of numbers and betrayal" and demanded a White Paper on the economy.

"It is a struggling and gasping economy. Firstly, on the Gross Domestic Product numbers, they changed the old methodology and thus there is a difference of two per cent. There is no economic growth. It is a flat growth," Congress Spokesperson Anand Sharma told media while dwelling on 'the failure of three years of BJP government at the Centre'.

"We demand, and we challenge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley -- as they celebrate the looting of the treasury to build a personality cult around one man -- to publish tomorrow (Friday) GDP numbers for the last 10 years, both as per the old and the new methodology."

Sharma said it will help reveal the truth and reveal that what they (government) are saying is false.

Taking on the Bharatiya Janata Party on its 2014 poll promise of generating two crore jobs every year if it came to power at the Centre, the Congress leader said the government should also make public the names, addresses and vocations of Indians who have been provided jobs in the three years of the National Democratic Alliance government so far.

Sharma said the government was embarking on a propaganda and publicity blitz -- a hallmark of the Modi government.

"Three years of this government is also marked by insults to political opponents, false claims and betrayal," the Congress leader said.

He said there are also serious concerns on the internal security of the country.

"Our security is under grave threat. Modi's Pakistan policy has been a diplomatic disaster and we have asked him to have a clear roadmap on Pakistan. But there is no roadmap," said Sharma.

"When our Prime Minister goes to other countries, or when a Prime Minister of another country comes here, he is given a Guard of Honour. But when Modi went to Lahore in December 2015, the chiefs of Pakistan Army, Navy and Air Force did not offer him a Guard of Honour," Sharma said.

"He became the first Indian Prime Minister not to be given a Guard of Honour. But he is unapologetic since he is carried away by the propaganda of his party, his government and the ministers, most of whom are rubber stamps and have nothing much to do," the Congress leader added.

--IANS

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