PM: Nehru attributed inflation to N. Korea war
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, receives a gift from Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma during a ceremony to distribute land titles, known as "pattas," in Guwahati, India, Friday, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Guwahati: Ahead of the Assembly elections in Assam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a sharp attack on the Opposition Congress during two public meetings, describing the party as a “jhooth ka dukan” (shop of false promises and propaganda).
Targeting the Congress, Modi said its leaders should read the speeches of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru from the Red Fort, where he had attributed inflation during his tenure to the war in North Korea.
Accusing the Congress of spreading propaganda, the Prime Minister said his government had paid ₹20 lakh crore to farmers as Minimum Support Price (MSP) over the past ten years, compared with ₹6 lakh crore spent during the Congress’s 10 years in power.
He also said that while a bag of urea fertiliser costs about ₹3,000 in the international market, it is being provided to farmers in India at a subsidised price of ₹300. Modi added that five major fertiliser factories that had closed during the Congress regime had been revived by the BJP government.
During the event in Guwahati, the Prime Minister also released the 22nd instalment under the PM-Kisan scheme, through which ₹2,000 will be directly transferred to the bank accounts of registered farmers via the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) system.
Under the scheme, eligible farmers receive ₹6,000 annually in three instalments of ₹2,000 each. So far, 21 instalments have been released.
Modi also said India had reduced its dependence on fossil fuels by electrifying the railway network, saving about 1.75 lakh litres of diesel.
He praised Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for granting land rights to tea garden workers, calling it a step toward justice for the community. The Prime Minister distributed land deeds to thousands of workers in poll-bound Assam, giving them ownership rights in plantations where generations of their families have lived and worked.
The initiative is expected to benefit around 3.5 lakh families across 825 tea estates, many of whom have lived in labour lines without legal homestead rights for decades.
Tea tribes and Adivasis, who constitute about 20 per cent of Assam’s population, influence nearly 35 of the state’s 126 Assembly seats. To enable the transfer of labour lines to workers, the Assembly amended the Assam Fixation of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act in November 2025.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle )
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