Congress terms PM Modi's new team as 'senior citizens club'
September 03, 2017  16:13
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Responding to the reshuffle of the Union Cabinet, the Congress on Sunday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for inducting a 'senior citizens club', alleging that the message being given out by the newly appointed cabinet is of 'maximum government, but no governance'.

Addressing a press conference, Congress leader Manish Tewari alleged that Prime Minister Modi looked 'disconnected' from the process, while Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah looked more like the Prime Minister in charge.

"What is strange is that Prime Minister Modi seemed disconnected, while Amit Shah looked like the prime minister. Looks like he has inducted a senior citizens club, as the average age of the nine new ministers is 60.44 in a country where the median age of is 27 years. The message he is trying to convey is unclear," he said.

In a detailed criticism of the newly-inducted ministers, Manish claimed that the nine new entrants comprise of four former bureaucrats, one 'doctor beater' and four other inconsequential individuals.

"On the other hand, he has dropped ministers like Bandaru Dattatreya and Kalraj Mishra, and promoted people like Piyush Goyal and Dharmendra Pradhan," he added, highlighting the irony.

Tewari further branded the appointment of Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Nirmala Sitharaman as 'mere tokenism'.
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