The main opposition party said these 11 years have been marked by ‘jumlas’ and fake news
NEW DELHI — Congress on Monday released two separate dossiers to debunk the claims of ‘vikas’ (development) undertaken by the Narendra Modi government as it enters its 12th consecutive year in power.
The main opposition party countered and contradicted the “Modi myths” of eleven years with facts and figures. The party said these 11 years have been marked by ‘jumlas’ and fake news.
Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters here, Prof Rajeev Gowda, Chairman of the Research Department of the AICC, and Mahima Singh, the party’s National Media Coordinator (West Bengal), underlined that the Modi regime has been good only at propaganda and fake news and it was the duty of the Congress, the principal opposition party of the country, to make people of the country know the grim reality.
Earlier in the day, BJP president JP Nadda addressed the media to highlight the government’s achievements during the last 11 years.
Countering the government’s claim of providing free food to 81 crore people under the PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, Gowda said that malnutrition remains a national crisis. He pointed out that India’s current ranking in the Global Hunger Index is 105 out of 127 countries. “Hunger in India is classified as ‘serious’ in the Global Index,” he said. One-third of Indian children are suffering from malnutrition, he added.
Referring to the claims that the agriculture budget had increased by five times in 2025 as compared to 2013, the Congress leaders said it had little impact on farmers’ overall welfare. They said, nearly 55 percent of India’s agricultural households were burdened with debt. “More than 19 crore farmers owe over Rs 33 lakh crore to banks”, they added.
Countering the government’s claim that over 5,000 items were added to the defence indigenisation lists, the Congress leaders revealed that nearly 40% of the items listed as indigenised remain un-indigenised as of now.
Similarly, contradicting the government’s claims that defence exports have reached an all-time high, the Congress leaders said India did not feature among the top 25 arms exporters.
On the government’s claim of “historic decision to remove Article 370 and Article 35A from the Constitution, the Congress leaders pointed out that “between 2019 and 2023, Jammu and Kashmir saw 579 terror attacks, resulting in the deaths of 168 civilians and 247 security personnel. They said the tragic terror attack in Pahalgam, in which 26 tourists were killed, exposed the failure of the Union government’s three-layer security.
On the government’s claims that India was projected to be the world’s fastest-growing major economy, Prof Gowda and Mahima Singh said: “India’s real GDP growth for FY 2024-25 was the slowest annual growth since the pandemic year 2020-21”.
They said that in FY24, the fixed capital formation came down to 32.4% in FY 2024, which is an 11-year low.
Referring to gross economic disparities prevailing in the country, they said, while the top 1% control over 40% of wealth, the bottom 50% survive on just 3%. They said the government debt, including that of the states, has hit 83% of the GDP.
On the government’s claims about rural road connectivity having reached 99 percent, the Congress leaders pointed out that an international study on the PM Gram Sadak Yojana found that almost 500 all-weather roads listed as completed under the programme were never actually built.
During the interaction with the media, both leaders didn’t say a word on the ever-worsening communal atmosphere and targeting of minorities since the advent of this government through administrative actions and alleged impunity given to Hindutva groups to attack Muslim and Christian communities.
