Modi govt failing on multiple fronts, says Mallikarjun Kharge
Patna: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has said that the Modi government is failing on multiple fronts, including domestic governance, economic management, international diplomacy, and democratic integrity.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Mallikarjun Kharge in a speech laced with sharp criticism, launched a blistering attack on the Modi government during the opening session of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting at Patna’s historic Sadaqat Ashram.
“This CWC meeting is extremely important. We are meeting at a time when India is going through a very challenging and worrying period at both the international and national levels,” he added.
“Our problems at the international level are the result of the failures and diplomatic missteps of Narendra Modi and his government. The very friends whom the Prime Minister boasts about as ‘my friends’ are today putting India in numerous troubles,” he claimed.
“Serious questions are being raised about the fairness and transparency of the Election Commission itself. Instead of answering those questions, the EC is demanding affidavits from us,” he said, warning that “vote theft” equates to the theft of rations, pensions, scholarships, and rights of marginalised communities.
Kharge targeted the government’s economic record, citing the unfulfilled promise of two crore jobs, rising unemployment, demonetization and flawed GST that derailed the economy, record rural consumption lows, and widening inequality.
“The Prime Minister believes that citizens should spend more, but when income hasn’t increased in the last 10 years and only inflation has risen, how will people spend more? The rich have become richer, while the poor are becoming poorer,” he said.
He also criticised the government for failing to double farmers’ income and recalled the protests against the now-repealed three farm laws, which he said led to the “martyrdom” of over 750 farmers.
Kharge accused both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of failing the people of Bihar on every key front — development, employment, governance, and social justice.
