• By Mayukh Debnath
  • Tue, 06 Feb 2024 06:39 PM (IST)
  • Source:ANI
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White Paper On UPA Era: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government will table a 'white paper' in the Parliament on the "economic misery" of the nation during the Congress-led UPA's tenure at the Centre from 2004-14, sources cited by news agency ANI said on Tuesday. The ongoing Budget Session of Parliament has "also been extended for one day for this very reason", the source informed.

"Modi government will bring a 'white paper' on the economic mismanagement of the UPA government... The White Paper will elaborate on India's economic misery and its negative impacts on the economy through the White Paper on Economic Mismanagement during the UPA Government," ANI quoted its source as saying.

"It will also talk about the impact of positive steps that can be taken at that time," the ANI source added. Earlier, on Monday, PM Modi, while taking swipes at the Congress during his speech in Lok Sabha, said that the 'grand old party' is silent on India becoming the world's fifth largest economy under his current term in office. "India was the 11th largest economy in 2014. Today, India is the 5th largest economy and yet they (Congress) are silent...They had even lost the ability to dream," he said.

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PM Modi also asserted that India will become the third largest economy of the world once the BJP returns to power at the Centre for a third straight term. He stated, "On the basis of the experience of 10 years of governance, looking at today's strong economy and the rapid speed with which India is progressing today, I can confidently say that in our third term, India will be the third largest economic power. This is Modi's guarantee."

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Furthering his attack on the Congress, PM Modi had further said that Congress never believed in the "capability" of India. "Congress' mindset is that it has never trusted the capability of the country. It considered itself rulers and the public as someone lesser, someone smaller," he was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

(With inputs from ANI)