Chidambaram calls Modi govt claim of 100% electrification "complete jumla"

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claim of achieving 100 per cent village electrification is a "complete jumla" and accused him of taking credit for work done by the previous regimes.

Addressing the Youth Congress national executive meeting here, the former finance minister also alleged that the government was "destroying" jobs and the economy and said unemployment will be the "number one issue" against the present regime in 2019 elections.

The government had said yesterday that all villages in the country now have access to electricity and this target has been achieved ahead of the deadline.

In a tweet, Prime Minister Modi had said, "28th April 2018 will be remembered as a historic day in the development journey of India. Yesterday, we fulfilled a commitment due to which the lives of several Indians will be transformed forever! I am delighted that every single village of India now has access to electricity."