while the Congress made an issue out of demonetisation, it was itself "devalued" in Uttar Pradesh polls and it has now become difficult to find the party in the state.
while the Congress made an issue out of demonetisation, it was itself "devalued" in Uttar Pradesh polls and it has now become difficult to find the party in the state.
He said the recent assembly polls have shown "whose GDP has gone down", adding the GDP of Modi and BJP has gone up.
Listing the government's achievements in the economy, Somaiya quoted a latest report by PricewaterhouseCoopers which he said placed India as the third largest economy with a total volume of USD 19.51 trillion.
He said the report placed Chinese economy at the top with USD 38 trillion, while the US occupied the second place at USD 23.47 trillion.
"Our government has done so much. Nostradamus had predicted that a leader from the East will emerge strongly and take his country to a new high. That leader is Narendra Modi," said the BJP MP from Maharastra.
Slamming the opposition for opposing demonetisation, Somaiya said they have been facing the anger of the people for putting hurdles in India's development.
"The economy is not being ruined, the country is not being ruined. But those creating bottlenecks for Modiji in taking forward the country are being ruined," he said.
Referring to Congress' 'Garibi Hatao' slogan in 1971, he wondered why the party could not rid the country of poverty in the last over 40 years.
"They had given the Garibi Hatao slogan in 1971 and again talked about it 2014. Why the party could not remove poverty in 43 years? You see what we have done in last 33 months," Somaiya said.
AIADMK MP G Hari complimented the government for advancing the presentation of the budget and merging of the railway budget with the general budget.
He also sought adequate funds for providing relief to those in Tamil Nadu hit by cyclone Vardah last year as well as to deal with drought in various parts of the state this year.
The AIADMK MP also demanded a Rs 200 crore package for celebration of M G Ramachandran's birth centenary.
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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