• By Nidhi Giri
  • Mon, 03 Feb 2025 03:27 PM (IST)
  • Source:JND

Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Monday came down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the progress of the manufacturing sector under his leadership. During the Lok Sabha debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address, the Congress leader said that the “Prime Minister tried, but he failed” to make the ‘Make In India’ initiative a success.

“The Prime Minister proposed the 'Make in India' program, I think it was a good idea... The result is right in front of you, manufacturing fell from 15.3 per cent of GDP in 2014 to 12.6 per cent of GDP today, which is the lowest share of manufacturing in 60 years,” Rahul Gandhi said.

“I am not blaming the Prime Minister, it would not be fair to say that he did not try. I could say that the Prime Minister tried, but he failed," he added.

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Rahul Gandhi also criticized India's inability to build a strong manufacturing base.

He said, “Any country basically organizes two things, you can organize consumption and then you can organize production. The modern way of saying organizing consumption is services. The modern way of saying organizing production is manufacturing, but there is more to production than simply manufacturing. We have as a country failed in organizing production. We have excellent companies that try to organize production...essentially what we have done is we have handed over the organization of production to the Chinese.

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“This mobile phone, even though we are saying we make this mobile phone in India, that is not a fact. This phone is not made in India. This phone is assembled in India. All the components of this phone are made in China...we are paying a tax to China,” he added.