Manmohan Singh also accused the BJP of messing up the economy.
On Sunday, speaking at the Congress Plenary, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh targeted the Modi govt over its handling of the Jammu-Kashmir problem, demonetization, GST and over the economy.
He also attacked the Modi govt saying their ‘tall promises’ during the campaign had fallen flat and that even though Modi ‘promised 2 crore jobs, he couldn’t provide 2 lakh’.
He said: “The ill-thought legislation of demonetisation has affected the informal job sector badly. The hastily put legislation of GST, too, has taken away jobs from the small & medium sector. These economic reforms are decoupled from economic growth.
The BJP has messed up the economy. Modiji made many fall promises during the campaign, but did not fulfil any. He spoke of 2 crore jobs, but hasn't provided 2 lakh jobs too.”
He added: “The Modi Govt has not handled the Jammu-Kashmir problem. It is in India's and Pakistan's interest to sit down and solve the issues peacefully. Jammu & Kashmir is an integral problem of India and must recognise that.”
The Congress on Sunday launched an all-out attack at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi government over its foreign policy and said that the policy has been converted into a divisive national issue by the ruling dispensation.
On the final day of the two-day Congress Plenary Session, senior leader Anand Sharma, who moved the foreign affairs resolution, said, ‘I am saddened to note here that that consensus built (on foreign policy) over decades has been unravelled. The continuity of India’s foreign policy has been disrupted by the BJP and Modi-led government. They have made foreign policy a divisive national issue in the last four years.’
The Congress leader evoked India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s approach to international relations, saying the latter ensured that the country's foreign policy was sovereign and independent and that the country did not lean on one side or the other.
‘Foreign policy that India pursued had a blend of pragmatism, idealism, and a deep print of the vision of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru,’ Sharma said, adding that under the Congress-led UPA government, there was a strong national consensus on India’s foreign policy.
Sharma further commented that India’s foreign policy has now taken a back seat due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s propagandist pursuits.
‘The present government and the prime minister have pursued foreign policy in a cavalier manner, which is non-serious. The Prime Minister is carried away by his own propaganda. Today it is a matter of concern that we have mismanaged our relations with major capitals of the world, with major strategic partners and our immediate neighbourhood,’ he added
The 84th Congress Plenary Session is being held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, here.
With inputs from PTI
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