White Paper hiding 'dark truths' of country: Congress' Venugopal
Congress on Saturday said the White Paper on the economy was brought by the government to hide the "dark truths" of this country and divert attention from the burning issues of unemployment, price rise, farmers' stress and the state of the economy. Speaking in the short-duration discussion on the White Paper brought by the government, Congress leader K C Venugopal alleged in Rajya Sabha that the government has used this as a defence for itself by diverting from the issues before the country.
He also accused the government of using the Bharat Ratna award for political purposes, even though he welcomed the award to former prime ministers Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh and agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan.
Venugopal asked why the finance ministry did not even mention the impact of demonetisation in the White Paper and why it does not make any mention of unemployment rate, poverty and rupee value in the White Paper on the Indian economy.
«This is actually not a white paper, this is a paper which is hiding the dark truths of this country,» he said in the House.
«You will use Bharat Ratna for political purposes,» he also alleged, while saluting Rao, Singh and Swaminathan, who have been awarded the Bharat Ratna.
Asserting that this is not a White Paper as it totally hides the issue of demonetisation and does not make a mention of it, he alleged that the MSME sector has been destroyed by demonetisation and that is why there is a «rise in unemployment».
«They are ruining the country, our youths are
