PM attacks BJP: India Shining campaign a disaster

March 06, 2013 18:19

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is delivering the vote of thanks on President Pranab Mukherjee's speech. Dr Singh says the current account deficit is substantially higher than we would like it to be, but said India's economic slowdown will not persist. "We are determined to bring the country back to the growth path of 8 per cent," says PM

Taking on the BJP he said, the party uses abusive language against the UPA, but "we cannot reply in the same language." He also said the BJP's India Shining campaign was a disaster and growth has always been higher under the UPA than the NDA,

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