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PM Modi made tall promises, implementation unthinkable: Manmohan Singh

| @indiablooms | Mar 18, 2018, at 08:01 pm


New Delhi, Mar 18 (IBNS): Senior Congress leader and former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh on Sunday accused the Centre and PM Modi of making tall promises and claimed that whose implementation in present scenario is unthinkable.

Speaking at the Congress Plenary session, Singh said: "The BJP Govt. made tall promises. PM Modi himself said that his Govt will double farmers' income. For that, a growth rate of 12% p.a. is necessary which is unthinkable in the current scenario."

He said the defence expenditure of India is no more than 1.6% of the GDP.

"This is far too inadequate to meet the challenges of our security apparatus and our needs," said he.

Speaking about cross-border terrorism, Singh said: "The support Pakistan gives to cross-border terrorism is certainly not acceptable to us. We should warn Pakistan that their actions are detrimental to peace and prosperity."

Singh said the Congress party made India what it is today.

"It led the freedom struggle and guided India towards development after Independence. Today, we face similar challenges of carrying forward development and social justice," said he.
 

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