Congress manifesto should be torn up, thrown away

Saswat Panigrahi

The Congress’s poll manifesto is out. Titled ‘Your Voice Our Pledge’, the manifesto comes with a set of fake promises.

The foremost striking feature of the manifesto is that the Congress vows to push the GDP growth rate to 8 per cent plus in the next three years if it comes to power again.

Let’s have a reality check. The GDP growth of the country has slipped to a measly 4.9 per cent, thanks to economic mismanagement under the leadership of the so-called economist Prime Minister. The nation is suffering an economic downslide. The macroeconomic parameters are steadily declining.

Now a flashback to 2004, the year when the Congress-led UPA took over the reins from the BJP-led NDA. The country’s economy was in a pretty good shape. The GDP growth stood at a whopping 8.4 per cent. But the Congress messed up the economy and pushed the country into an era of gloom and doom.

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