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Congress accuses Vajpayee govt of deceiving public
New Delhi, Mar 02: The Congress yesterday alleged there was a huge chasm between the NDA`s promise in its 1999 manifesto and the actual performance in the last five years, and charged the Vajpayee government with `befooling the people with false advertisements at the taxpayer`s cost.
New Delhi, Mar 02: The Congress yesterday alleged there was a huge chasm between the NDA`s promise in its 1999 manifesto and the actual performance in the last five years, and charged the Vajpayee government with `befooling the people with false advertisements at the taxpayer`s cost.
Party spokesman Abishek Singhvi told newspersons that though the NDA had promised to create ten million jobs a year, its actual performance was very dismal. The national rate of growth of employment was 2.6 per cent a year between 1983-84 and 1993-94, as compared to a slowed growth of 1.07 per cent a year between 1993-94 and 1999-2000. According to the NDA government`s economic survey for the year 2002-03, the unemployment rate grew from 5.99 per cent in 1993-94 to 7.32 per cent in 1999-2000.
Singhvi said though the manifesto promised to bring a gdp growth of 7-8 per cent, the actual growth achieved under the NDA rule during the past five years was barely 5.6 per cent.
He said there were 170 million Indians without clean drinking water, whereas the nda promised potable drinking water to all villages in five years.
Even a casual look at the NDA manifesto of 1999 would show the huge chasm between promise and performance, between dream and reality. The BJP and the NDA believe in taking the people for a ride on false promises. The public cannot be fooled a second time by `fail good factors` Singhvi said.
In this context, he claimed the foundation of the country stood on Congress initited projects and infrastructure from Bhakranangal to Rourkela, from Kalpakkam to DVC, from telecom commission to the telecom, water, electricty missions, from the open skies aviation policy and the entire first generation reforms of 1991-96.
Bureau Report
Party spokesman Abishek Singhvi told newspersons that though the NDA had promised to create ten million jobs a year, its actual performance was very dismal. The national rate of growth of employment was 2.6 per cent a year between 1983-84 and 1993-94, as compared to a slowed growth of 1.07 per cent a year between 1993-94 and 1999-2000. According to the NDA government`s economic survey for the year 2002-03, the unemployment rate grew from 5.99 per cent in 1993-94 to 7.32 per cent in 1999-2000.
Singhvi said though the manifesto promised to bring a gdp growth of 7-8 per cent, the actual growth achieved under the NDA rule during the past five years was barely 5.6 per cent.
He said there were 170 million Indians without clean drinking water, whereas the nda promised potable drinking water to all villages in five years.
Even a casual look at the NDA manifesto of 1999 would show the huge chasm between promise and performance, between dream and reality. The BJP and the NDA believe in taking the people for a ride on false promises. The public cannot be fooled a second time by `fail good factors` Singhvi said.
In this context, he claimed the foundation of the country stood on Congress initited projects and infrastructure from Bhakranangal to Rourkela, from Kalpakkam to DVC, from telecom commission to the telecom, water, electricty missions, from the open skies aviation policy and the entire first generation reforms of 1991-96.
Bureau Report