Mallikarjun Kharge releases ‘Black Paper’ against BJP govt
New Delhi: Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge released a critique on the BJP-led government called “Black Paper” saying it failed on many fronts, including employment and inflation.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Mallikarjun Kharge while releasing the document titled “10 Saal Anyay Kaal (2014-2024)” (ten-year period of injustice) at a press conference in New Delhi, reiterated the Opposition INDIA bloc’s resolve to retrieve the country from the “anyay” (injustice) by the ruling dispensation this year, in an apparent reference to the upcoming general elections.
The Congress chief said, “We are releasing a ‘Black Paper’ against the government because whenever Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi presents his views in Parliament, again and again he highlights his achievements and hides his failures. At the same time, when we speak about the failures of the government, it is not given importance. So, we are bringing out a “Black Paper” against the government to apprise the public about its failures.”
On unemployment, one of the key issues highlighted in the “Black Paper”, Kharge said, “Unemployment is a big issue in the country, but the Modi Government never talks about it. They (the government) always compare (their) 10 years (with the tenure of the first prime minister of India), but never tell about the achievements of the (former prime minister) Jawaharlal Nehru.”
Referring to the prime minister’s reply to the Motion of Thanks on President’s address in Parliament, he said, “He (Modi) doesn’t speak on unemployment, inflation and farmers in the Parliament. He brings other things that are irrelevant.”
Kharge further said that the prime minister did not mention about the employment generated by the public sectors established during Nehru’s tenure.
In an apparent bid to draw attention towards the protest by the governments of Karnataka and Kerala in New Delhi, he said, “In many states including Karnataka and Kerala, there is discrimination. Non-BJP ruled states are being neglected.”
