Should nation expect new 'jumlas' in 2023, asks NCP

December 31, 2022 18:27

On New Year's eve, the Nationalist Congress Party on Saturday said the Narendra Modi government had failed to deliver on its promises in 2022.

A statement by NCP spokesperson Mahesh Tapase questioned if the Union government had a roadmap for the development and repayment of debt.

Should the nation expect new 'jumlas' (poll rhetoric) in 2023, Tapase asked.

"Now that we have only a few hours left of 2022, it is time the nation revisits the promises made by the BJP government. GDP stands at 6.5 per cent against 10 per cent as promised for 2022. Farmers' income has not doubled nor 100 per cent irrigation achieved," the NCP leader said.

Eradication of malnutrition, 24x7 electricity, 100 per cent broadband connectivity in all gram panchayats along with digital literacy for all as well as a USD 5 trillion economy were some of the promises made by Modi's government, he claimed.

"The government has written off Rs 10 lakh crore of bank loans and these were not majorly the credits taken by farmers and small traders. SMEs scheme for non-collateral credit is only on paper as banks refuse to entertain proposals," he alleged.

The Central government's borrowing in eight years of Bharatiya Janata Party rule has touched Rs 80 lakh crore, the rupee stood at 82 to the US dollar, while two lakh persons had renounced Indian citizenship and migrated in 2022, Tapase further said. -- PTI

« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES

Will jailed preacher Amritpal's Khadoor Sahib entry challenge SAD?

Amritpal Singh, the chief of the 'Waris Punjab De' outfit, who is lodged in Assam's Dibrugarh jail under the National Security Act, has thrown his hat into the ring as an Independent.

Rohit slams broadcasters for recording private talks

Rohit Sharma on Sunday lashed out at the IPL broadcasters for 'breaching' cricketers' privacy

3,300 CISF jawans to replace CRPF in Parliament security starting Monday

The parliament duty group of the CRPF wound up its entire administrative and operational paraphernalia -- vehicles, weapons and commandos -- from the complex on Friday and its commander, a deputy inspector general-rank officer, handed...

Bibhav Kumar sent to 5-day police custody in Maliwal assault case

It noted the prosecution's submissions about the need to take Kumar to Mumbai and other parts of the national capital to collect evidence, which was not possible without the accused's custody.

AAP workers marching towards BJP HQ detained, Sec 144 imposed

The traffic police also issued an advisory in view of the protest planned outside the BJP office at the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, while entry and exit have been disallowed at the nearest ITO metro station.