• By Mayukh Debnath
  • Fri, 01 Nov 2024 06:48 PM (IST)
  • Source:JND
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PM Modi Slams Congress: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday took a swipe at the Congress, saying the party was coming to realise that "making unreal promises is easy but implementing them properly is tough or impossible". This came a day after Congress president publicly pulled up Karnataka's Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar over his statement that the Congress government in the state would revisit the 'Shakti' guarantee scheme, which offers free bus travel to women passengers.

Kharge also advised Congress units of poll-bound states like Maharashtra and Jharkhand to refrain from making poll promises that are fiscally unfeasible. He further urged for careful consideration and warned that an unplanned approach could lead to financial difficulties and negatively impact future generations. The advise was widely seen as an acknowledgement of the financial distress faced by the public exchequer due to guarantee schemes in states ruled by the Congress.

Reacting to Kharge's word of caution, PM Modi, wrote on his personal X handle: "The Congress Party is realising the hard way that making unreal promises is easy but implementing them properly is tough or impossible. Campaign after campaign they promise things to the people, which they also know they will never be able to deliver. Now, they stand badly exposed in front of the people!"

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The Prime Minister further asserted that Congress-ruled states were finding it difficult to keep up with their pre-poll promises due to deteriorating fiscal health. "Check any state where the Congress has Governments today - Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana- the developmental trajectory and fiscal health is turning from bad to worse. Their so-called Guarantees lie unfulfilled, which is a terrible deceit upon the people of these states. The victims of such politics are the poor, youngsters, farmers and women, who are not only denied the benefits of these promises but also see their existing schemes diluted."

PM Modi also urged the people to be "vigilant against the Congress sponsored culture of fake promises". "We saw recently how the people of Haryana rejected their lies and preferred a Government that is stable, progress oriented and action driven. There is a growing realisation across India that a vote for Congress is a vote for non-governance, poor economics and unparalleled loot," another post, part of the same thread, said.

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The Prime Minister also listed the purported fallout stemming from the perceived inability of Congress governments to adequately fund certain guarantee schemes in their respective states. "In Karnataka, Congress is busier in intra-party politics and loot instead of even bothering to deliver on development. Not only that, they are also going to rollback existing schemes. In Himachal Pradesh, salaries of Government workers is not paid on time. In Telangana, farmers are waiting for the waiver they promised," the last post in the thread read.  

(With inputs from agencies)