"Modi ji why are you celebrating. Is there prosperity all around in the nation," party spokesperson Kapil Sibal said adding, these were "two years of hollow promises".
Attacking the NDA government on a wide range of issues from economy and employment to foreign policy, the Congress leaders also contrasted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's performance vis a vis his predecessor Manmohan Singh under UPA rule.
"Singh did not talk much but his work was bespeaking. Modi ji keeps on talking but his work speaks of nothing.... I challenge Modi government, any of its minister to come and debate with us," Sibal said.
"Modi ji why are you celebrating....Is Varanasi (Modi's Parliamentary constituency) clean now? Have the youths got employment? Did the farmers' suicide stop. What has happened in last two years that you are celebrating?"
The AICC also released a short film titled "pragati ki tham gai chaal, do saal, desh ka bura haal (The pace of progress is halted, the country in a bad shape in two years)", slamming the government on 10 issues, besides making a power-point presentation which projected the government's performance as "abysmal".
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