Modi's campaign on guarantees will not change truth; his 'warranty' over: Congress
Congress on Monday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying his «relentless campaign» on 'Modi ki Guarantee' cannot change the truth that he will say whatever he needs to in order to win an election and his «warranty» is now over.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the prime minister is going around the country proclaiming the virtues of his «guarantees» and since he has already been in power for a decade, one must do a status update of 10 guarantees he has given during his tenure.
He said Prime Minister Modi promised to create two crore jobs for India's youth every year but unemployment reached a 45-year peak in India under «anyay-kaal (period of injustice)».
Since 2014, the number of unemployed persons has gone from one crore to four crore and to cover up its failures, «unpaid domestic work and pakora-sales» have been labelled as «jobs» by this government, Ramesh said in his post on X.
He said that on February 28, 2016, Modi promised to double farmers' income by 2022 but farmers' real income increased by just two per cent per year, nowhere close to the 12 per cent per year required for doubling by 2022.
«Instead, widespread agrarian distress due to inadequate MSP and rising input costs has caused farmer indebtedness to increase by 60%. In these circumstances, about one lakh farmers have died by suicide since 2014,» he said.
Ramesh said Modi promised Rs 15 lakh in black money to be deposited in every Indian's bank account but this «guarantee» was admitted to be a «jumla»
