 "Congress general secretary, Jairam Ramesh")
Congress normal secretary Jairam Ramesh (Photo: Twitter)
The Congress on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Anantkumar Hegde’s comment about amending the Constitution, asking whether or not he would take motion towards the BJP MP to exhibit his dedication to the Constitution.
Congress normal secretary Jairam Ramesh hit out on the prime minister who’s on a go to to Gujarat and Rajasthan and posed 5 inquiries to Modi.
“The prime minister is in Ahmedabad for the Sabarmati Ashram Memorial Project. While the prime minister is embracing the Mahatma for his political gains, will he commit to Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals of non-violence, inclusivity, and equality?” he stated in a publish on X.
The Congress chief additionally requested whether or not PM Modi would take motion towards Anantkumar Hegde, the BJP MP from Karnataka, to exhibit his private dedication to the Constitution that he swore an oath to bear true religion and allegiance to.
Hegde, at a gathering at Karwar in Karnataka on Saturday, had stated the BJP wanted a two-third majority in each Houses of Parliament to amend the Constitution and “set right the distortions and unnecessary additions made to it by the Congress”.
In his posers to the prime minister, Ramesh additionally requested whether or not PM Modi would clarify the 14 paper leaks which have occurred in Gujarat during the last seven years.
“The Congress has announced a comprehensive plan, ‘Paper Leak se Mukti’ under its Yuva Nyay guarantees to tackle the issue. How does the Prime Minister plan to address it?” he stated.
Ramesh stated on essential indicators of improvement, Gujarat fares poorly in comparison with different states.
“Gujarat does worse on retention of students in higher secondary education and spends less on public education than poorer states like Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. Gujarat currently ranks 10th among 20 major states in terms of its population living Below Poverty Line,” he stated.
“Despite the prime minister’s public posturing on ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’, Gujarat ranks fifteenth out of 20 states in intercourse ratio. How does PM Modi reconcile the truth of Gujarat’s socio-economic backwardness with the ‘Gujarat Model’ that he publicised in 2014 or the ‘Double Engine’ Sarkar mannequin that he espouses at this time? the Congress chief stated.
Ramesh stated Prime Minister Modi will even go to Pokhran in Rajasthan, made well-known precisely 50 years in the past by Indira Gandhi as the location of India’s first ‘peaceable nuclear explosion’, to have a good time India’s indigenous defence capabilities which have by the way been developed regardless of his greatest efforts.
“The share of expenditure on defence has fallen from 17.43 per cent of the Union Budget in FY19 to 13 per cent for FY25. As percentage of GDP, it has fallen from 2.13 per cent to 1.9 per cent between 2014 and 2024 – below the global standard of at least 2 per cent,” he stated.
How does the prime minister intend to safeguard India’s border or present China his “Lal aankh” (pink eye) with out enough expenditure on the armed forces, Ramesh requested.
“In the same vein, the prime minister has set up two committees in the last three years to investigate ways in which he can privatise or shut down the DRDO. The K VijayRaghavan committee has reportedly suggested that the DRDO’s role be limited to research and development without being involved in developing prototypes or technology demonstrations,” he stated.
“Instead, any production and further development would be done by selected private players. What is the prime minister’s motivation in privatising defence research and development? Is it an attempt to bring his favoured industrialist friends into the industry through the backdoor?” Ramesh requested.
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First Published: Mar 12 2024 | 10:36 AM IST
