Addressing a gathering in Indore, Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday, 21 November, former prime minister Manmohan Singh tore into the current government’s promises made to youth and farmers. The former prime minister also slammed Modi-led government’s demonetisation move and called it a “monumental failure”.
“Demonetisation was a monumental failure; it was a deliberate and designed attack on SMEs, farmers and housewives,” the former prime minister said and added that the move was a dubious one to convert black money to white.
Days before Madhya Pradesh votes for their next state government, Dr Manmohan Singh reminded that state of its agrarian crisis.
“The farmers are in great pain all over India, including Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh has a very high incidence of farmer suicide; a farmer commits suicide every five hours in the state. Between 2004 and 2016, MP saw nearly 17,000 farmer suicides,” he said.
Reminding people of PM Modi-led government’s election campaign slogan “Achhe Din”, Dr Manmohan Singh said that the promise has been reduced to a pipe dream.
“Creation of 2 crore jobs per annum for the youth promised by Modi ji in 2014 is a pipe dream mooted by the Modi Government. The only reliable data is the quarterly survey of the Labour Bureau,” the former prime minister said.
The former prime minister said that the people of the country are suspicious of Rafale deal.
“The Opposition and various groups are demanding a joint parliamentary committee but Modi government isn’t ready for it," Singh said in his address to media in Indore on Wednesday.
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