Next PM should be 'kaamdar', 'jimmedar' and 'imandar': Sibal

Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his 'naamdar' (dynast) barb, Congress leader Kapil Sibal said the people of the country want the next prime minister to be 'kaamdar', 'jimmedar' and 'imandar' who is not in the habit of making hollow promises.

"People of the country want the next prime minister to be not only 'kaamdar' (one who works) but also 'jimmedar' (responsible) and 'imandar' (honest) who is not a 'jumlawar' (one who makes hollow promises)," Sibal told reporters here.

He was referring to the "naamdar" barb by Modi apparently targeted at Congress president Rahul Gandhi during his campaign in the Karnataka Assembly election.

Sibal, who was here to take part in the 'Vishwasghat Divas' (Betrayal Day) observed by the Congress, said neither 'achhe din' nor 'sachhe din' could be experienced in the country as the prime minister had betrayed the people by not fulfilling any of the promises he had made before the 2014 polls.

Taking a swipe at Modi's achhe din slogan, he said, "After four years, na achhe din na sachhe din. Modiji hum aage badhenge tere bin (Modiji we will forge ahead without you)."
"The NDA government is on the other hand bent on harassing the poor and common people through ill thought measures like demonetisation," he said, while accusing the Modi government of "snatching away the hard earned money from the pockets of common people for implementing various schemes and programmes."