‘Culture of false promises’, PM Modi attacks Congress over ‘incomplete guarantees’

New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress party of making ‘unrealistic’ and ‘false’ promises to the people and said that the poor, youth, farmers and women have become ‘victims of such politics’. His comments come after Mallikarjun Kharge’s advice to the Karnataka unit, in which he advised the party to make only those promises which are financially strong.

PM Modi said in a post on Twitter, ‘The people of the country have to be alert against the culture of false promises sponsored by the Congress! We recently saw how the people of Haryana rejected his lies and preferred a government that is stable, progress-oriented and action-driven.

He said, ‘The Congress party is realizing that it is easy to make false promises, but it is difficult or impossible to implement them properly. Campaign after campaign they make promises to the people that they will never be able to keep. Now, they have been badly exposed in front of the people!’

‘Incomplete guarantees, terrible fraud’

The Prime Minister said Congress-ruled states including Karnataka, Himachal and Telangana are facing financial problems as the grand old party has failed to implement its “so-called guarantees”.

He said. “Today, in every state where the Congress is in power – Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana – the pace of development and the financial situation is going from bad to worse. Their so-called guarantee is incomplete, which is a terrible betrayal of the people of these states. The victims of such politics are the poor, youth, farmers and women, who are not only deprived of the benefits of these promises, but their existing schemes are also weakened,”

‘What the PM said is wrong’

Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal rejected PM Modi’s allegations and said that the Karnataka government is implementing the schemes as per the promises.

He said, “We are implementing everything in a better way in Karnataka. Anyone can check it. We are implementing our promises, which is a clear model of Congress promises. Whatever promise we had made, we are implementing it in Karnataka. “Anybody can check it.” He said, “What the PM said is wrong…Basically, the Indian government is not fulfilling what it promised…They are blaming us for not fulfilling it. But from our side, we are fulfilling our promises.”

‘Busy in internal politics of Congress party’

Without naming anyone, PM Modi accused the Congress party of being more involved in the internal politics of Karnataka and ‘looting’ the states ruled by it.

Prime Minister Modi said, “In Karnataka, Congress is busy in internal party politics and looting, instead of doing development work. Not only this, they are also going to withdraw the existing schemes. In Himachal Pradesh, government employees are not paid salaries on time. Farmers in Telangana are waiting for the promised relaxation. Earlier in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, he had promised to give some allowances, which were not implemented for five years. There are many examples of how Congress works.”