Prime Minister Modi’s idea of Atmanirbhar is just a slogan like countless others, said Kapil Sibal (File)
New Delhi:
Congress said on Friday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “local voice” call and the economic stimulus package to make the country self-reliant is another “jumla“Divert people’s attention from” real problems “.
Addressing a virtual press conference, Congress Chief Kapil Sibal asked how India can become self-sufficient until it creates innovation and intellectual property in its universities.
“This is an act of deception. It is another ‘jumla“(rhetoric) that you are selling to the people of the country,” he said.
“We only manufacture”jumlas», Declarations and slogans. It is the only thing we make in India and we are masters in this field under this government, “he said, striking the government led by the BJP.
Sibal said the Prime Minister called for “Atmanirbhar Abhiyaan“, his government has failed to make the poor, farmers, migrant workers, industry or self-governing states.
Likewise, his exhortation to the industry to push “Made in India, Made for the World”, to develop on a global scale and not to depend on another country in the strategic sector, had no a clear roadmap on how to achieve this, said the former union minister.
The Rs 20 lakh crore ‘Atmanirbhar“The package does not lead to an increase in public spending, because it includes measures already announced by RBI and the budget and represents less than 1% of GDP, against 10% according to the government,” he noted.
“The reality is that PM Modi ‘Atmanirbhar“The idea is just a slogan like countless others,” said Sibal.
He also called for private investment in universities to create innovation and ideas, which he says is not privatization.
