Tag : Foolish

Mumbai: The BJP government, which completes 9 years in power, has been a "complete failure on all fronts", whether domestic policies, international affairs, security or the economy, and the recent withdrawal of the Rs 2,000 notes was "foolish", senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram said here on Monday. Addressing the media as part of the Opposition's outreach all over India to "expose" the government on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 9 years in office, he also expressed concerns whether the country's affairs are being run according to the Constitution or not. Touching on the latest move by the Centre to give the "pink slip" to the Rs 2,000 denomination currency, Chidam-baram questioned and lampooned the move, even as the Global Poverty Index says India has over 22.4 crore "poor people". "The people had no need for the Rs 2,000 notes after the Rs 500-Rs 1,000 value notes were demonetised (November 2016). This horrendous spectacle of first introducing and then withdrawing the Rs 2000-note was foolish and has cast doubts on the integrity and stability of the Indian currency," he said. On the Centre-State relations, Chidambaram said: "There a growing gap between the Central and state governments... The executive powers of the elected state governments have been curtailed and the Governors of non-BJP-ruled states are behaving like Viceroys. Natural justice is replaced by 'bulldozer' justice. These are the deep concerns before the country." Referring to the political atmosphere vis-a-vis the Opposition parties, the Congress leader said that Parliamentary norms and laws are blatantly violated, while Central investigation agencies are let loose to destabilise the Opposition-ruled state governments, and peoples' freedom of speech and person ...