By means of PTI
CHANDIGARH: The BJP have been in energy for greater than seven years and used to be nonetheless blaming first top minister Jawaharlal Nehru for the issues of the folk, former top minister and Congress chief Manmohan Singh mentioned on Thursday in a scathing assault towards the Modi-led executive.
Focused on the Central executive on a number of problems, together with the farmers’ agitation, overseas coverage, value upward thrust and unemployment, Singh mentioned forward of the Punjab elections on February 20 that the BJP’s nationalism used to be in keeping with the British coverage of “divide and rule”.
The Congress performed the message delivered in Punjabi at a press convention right here.
Consistent with Singh, the federal government had proved to be a “entire failure” at the factor of overseas coverage.
The Chinese language military, he alleged, used to be occupying “our pious land for the final three hundred and sixty five days however efforts are being made to bury this factor”. “Our relationships with neighbouring countries also are deteriorating,” Singh mentioned.
He mentioned the federal government does no longer have believe within the nation’s charter and “establishments are incessantly being weakened”.
“At the one hand, individuals are going through issues of value upward thrust and unemployment, at the different, the existing executive, which has been in energy for the final seven and a part years, somewhat than admitting their errors and making amends, remains to be blaming first top minister Jawaharlal Nehru for being answerable for other folks’s issues,” Singh mentioned in his video observation.
The previous top minister additionally referred to the safety lapse of Top Minister Narendra Modi’s convoy being caught on a flyover in Ferozepur final month.
“A couple of days in the past, within the identify of the top minister’s safety, an try used to be made to defame Leader Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and the folk of the state,” he mentioned.
“Right through the farmers’ agitation too, an try used to be made to defame Punjab and Punjabiyat,” he mentioned.
The arena salutes the bravery, patriotism and sacrifice of Punjabis, however the NDA executive didn’t discuss any of this, Singh mentioned.
“As a real Indian hailing from Punjab, some of these issues deeply harm me,” he added.
Singh mentioned there are lots of demanding situations earlier than the folk of Punjab and you will need to to maintain them successfully. You will need to to handle the problems of Punjab’s building, its farming and unemployment, he mentioned.
“And this paintings can best be performed by means of the Congress,” he mentioned as he appealed to the folk of Punjab to vote for the Congress.
The Congress chief mentioned he had labored as top minister for 10 years and had at all times most well-liked that his paintings will have to discuss for itself.
“We by no means divided the rustic for political good points. We by no means attempted to position curtains at the fact. By no means allowed the rustic’s status to be decreased,” he mentioned.
On the global degree, status of India and Indians used to be enhanced, he mentioned, whilst including that the rustic recalls the nice paintings performed right through the Congress-led UPA rule.