New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday lashed out at the Narendra Modi-led BJP government stating that it has mismanaged Jammu and Kashmir issue like never before.
He said the insecurity at the country's borders shows the deteriorating atmosphere in the valley.
Delivering his speech on the last day of the 84th plenary session of the Congress, the former Prime Minister accused PM Modi of giving tall promises to the nation and not keeping them.
"When Modi ji was campaigning he made lots of tall promises, those promises have not been fulfilled. He said we will provide two crore jobs, we have not seen even 2 lakh jobs," Manmohan Singh said.
Singh described the government's demonetisation move as "ill-considered" and GST as "hastily implemented".
"The BJP-led government messed up the Indian economy. The ill-considered demonetisation and hastily implemented GST have destroyed small scale enterprises," he said.
Singh also highlighted the farmers' income issue and said that Modi's promise of doubling the income in six years was a 'jhumla'-type statement unlikely to be achieved.
The Congress, at its 84th plenary session that began on Saturday, decided that it would forge workable alliances with like-minded parties as part of efforts to get battle-ready for 2019 general election, with its chief Rahul Gandhi asserting that the country was "fatigued" and only his party could show the way forward.
The indication of a pre-poll tie-up comes in the wake of efforts by the Congress to evolve a consensus among various opposition parties to unitedly take on the BJP.
Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday gave a fiery speech at the plenary session. She launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying his government was “power-drunk” and the pre-poll promises of combating corruption and ensuring inclusive development were mere "dramebaazi".
In his brief inaugural address, Rahul Gandhi said the country is in a way "fatigued" under the Modi dispensation and is looking for a way out. He asserted that his party alone can show the path forward.
(With PTI inputs)
