What happened to 2 Cr jobs, transferring Rs 15L? Kharge asks Modi at Hyderabad convention

Hyderabad: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s guarantees reminding him about his previous promises of providing 2 crore jobs every year and depositing Rs 15 lakh in the bank accounts of every Indian.

Congress president expressed confidence that 28 parties which have come together under the INDIA banner, will defeat the BJP in the coming elections.

Addressing a convention of the ‘booth level agents’ here, Kharge said their role was very important for strengthening the party and its victory. He said the way the Congress workers worked hard during assembly elections, they will need to work the same way for the parliamentary elections also.

Congress president congratulated Telangana government led by the Chief Minister Revanth Reddy for already having implemented two of the six guarantees the party had made before the elections. He said two more will be fulfilled very soon and the remaining two will be fulfilled in the next 2-3 months. He announced that the Telangana Model of governance will be replicated across the country.

Drawing a contrast with Prime Minister Modi’s guarantees, Kharge referred to the newspaper advertisements mentioning such guarantees in his name. Questioning these guarantees, he asked, what happened to the guarantee of two crore jobs every year and Rs 15 lakh deposit in everybody’s bank account.

Kharge accused the Prime Minister of trying to finish the democracy and all the democratic institutions in the country. He cautioned people against being deceived by Modi’s false promises once again, saying it will further endanger democracy. Besides, he also referred to Modi’s diversionary tactics, saying sometimes, he will mention Pakistan, sometime China and sometimes God.

Kharge also took a dig at the Prime Minister for preventing all his ministerial colleagues and senior BJP leaders from attending the inaugural function at Ayodhya to get all the publicity himself. He pointed out that he did not even let LK Advani or Murli Manohar Joshi, both of whom had been associated with the temple movement for a long time, come to Ayodhya.

Instead, he added, Modi wanted to be by himself alone and get all the publicity himself at the cost of the country's exchequer. He said it was not Modi’s money that was wasted on his publicity, but that of the people of the country.

Kharge observed that religion is a matter of personal faith. He pointed out that even a smaller house has a place for a deity in it.

Congress president told Modi that people had elected him to provide jobs and food to them. He said, people did not have jobs to earn money to feed themselves, while the inflation was all time high. He said the gap between the rich and poor was growing as the poor were getting poorer and the rich richer.

Calling upon the workers to work hard, the same way they worked during the assembly elections, Kharge asserted that 28 parties which have come together and formed INDIA bloc, will be fighting together and will certainly defeat and throw out BJP in the coming general elections.