The other promises of BJP have also vanished in thin air. I ask,where is the promise of creating 2 crore jobs a year?Where is the promise of doubling the farmer’s income?Where is the promise of reducing the prices of food and fuel,especially the prices of petrol,diesel and LPG?
Where is the promise of restoring the exchange value of the rupee to Rs 40 per US dollar? Where is the promise of creating world class Universities? Where is the promise of eliminating terrorism and militancy?
Where is the promise of eliminating terrorism and militancy? Where is the promise of putting an end to alleged tax terrorism? Where is the promise of achieving double digit GDP growth rate?
Every promise has gone up in smoke.
Every promise has gone up in smoke.
Nearing the end of its term, the BJP has resurrected the Hindutva agenda. On
August 15, 2014, the Prime Minister had appealed to the people to put a moratorium of 10 years on all issues that were divisive and controversial.
August 15, 2014, the Prime Minister had appealed to the people to put a moratorium of 10 years on all issues that were divisive and controversial.
Today, that appeal has been forgotten and the BJP — from the Prime Minister to Chief Ministers to ministers to party functionaries to pracharaks to supporters — has embraced Hindutva and has re-opened every issue that is divisive, controversial and polarising.
It is our duty to caution the people that the BJP is taking the country on a path of conflict and economic disaster.
Our immediate concern is the BJP government’s determined efforts to wreck or capture crucial institutions of the country. The latest victim is the Reserve Bank of India.
The Congress Party believes that the RBI has the mandate to maintain monetary stability and nothing should be done to impair its ability to do so. It is clear that the BJP has no understanding of the role of the central bank and has no respect for the independence of the Governor
According to reports, the BJP government is planning to override the Governor through the Board of Directors on which the government has planted its hand-picked nominees.
The immediate goal of the government is to lay its hands on the reserves of the RBI and appropriate a sum of at least Rs 1 lakh crore to meet its fiscal deficit target and to increase spending in an election year.
The government has already taken the extraordinary step of invoking Section 7 of the RBI Act.
I fear the worst at the next meeting of the Board on November 19, 2018, and I consider it my duty to warn the people of the country of the catastrophic consequences of the BJP government’s ill-conceived actions.
