Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday lashed out at the Narendra Modi government for “doing nothing other than ‘show-baazi’” by slashing allocations to all major social security schemes like MGNREGS.
Addressing the ‘swabhiman rally’ in Patna along with leaders of JD(U), RJD and SP, Ms. Gandhi said “Modi government has completed one-fourth of its time. Till now, what has it done other than ‘show-baazi’. It has done nothing. You know better than me.”
She attacked the Centre for not fulfilling its promise to provide employment to one crore people but also restricting job opportunities in the government and said the funds for major social security schemes like MGNREGS have been heavily slashed.
“Some people take pleasure in mocking Bihar. Whenever they get opportunity they comment about its DNA and culture. They also call it BIMARU,” she said.
On government’s decision to allow Land Bill to lapse, Ms. Gandhi said that Mr. Modi had to bow to people’s will by giving up the ordinance.
“This is an anti-farmer government. They want to grab their land and distribute it among their rich friends. We fought for the protection of farmers’ rights in the Parliament and in the end government had to bow down,” she asserted.
Present on the dais were Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, RJD chief Lalu Prasad, JD(U) president Sharad Yadav and SP leader Shivpal Yadav, among others.
