Anand Sharma also attacked Modi for his statement that Indira Gandhi paid no heed to Wanchoo Committee's recommendation to demonetise high-value currency notes in 1971
The Congress accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of looting the treasury to build a personality cult around him.The sharp attack came on a day the centre plans to roll a two-week long mega publicity drive dubbed as (MODI) (Making of Developed India) Fest to mark three years in office. Modi took oath of office on May 26, 2014.Slamming the government, Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma charged around Rs 1,500 crore from the centre and hundreds of crores from the PSUs and BJP state governments would be spent on the publicity drive. "Our Challenge to government is you celebrate looting treasury to build personality cult around one man. The government has been promoting personality cult for the past three years," he said.Targeting the centre's economic policies, the Congress accused the government of tweaking GDP data to present a rosy picture. According to previous methodology, the economy is actually growing at 4.6 percent instead of 7 plus being projected by the government. The ...
He said, Modi had "effectively destroyed" the Cabinet form of government
The senior Congress leader slams Modi govt on job creation and economy
Congress said both wilful defaulters and entities which have committed bank frauds have raised the risk for the Indian banking system
He also hit out at BJP leader and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, saying he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are "flying high" and the "countdown of their ouster has begun"