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CLUELESS GOVERNMENT

Ever since the Narendra Modi Government came to power in 2014 the country has been running amok. The first stint ended drastically yet dramatically with the Balakot Airstrike in retaliation to the Pulwama attack which took place on 14th February, 2019. The Balakot airstrike which was considered as a preemptive by the Indian Air Force (IAF) targeting Jaish-e-Mohammed camp saw no casualties on both sides. The big blow to India was the shooting down of our own Chopper in Budgam, Kashmir on 27 February which was shot down by Indian Air Defense Missile killing all six Indian Air Force personnel on board and its information concealed until recently. Whether or not the IAF killed terrorist sbut the infamous ‘Cloud Radar Theory’ of PM Modi wherein he suggested that the clouds could have helped shield Indian Air Force aircraft from Pakistani radars during the Balakot airstrikes awed many to this day. The Pulwama attack left the country in shock and in great distress. And ironically, the leader of the pseudo-nationalists was busy doing photoshoot with Bear Grylls of the Man vs Wild-the show which was televised worldwide recently. The Pulwama attack happened between 3.15-3.30 PM. And while Mr. Modi had all the time to address a rally at Rudrapur over phone at 5.15 PM. He made his first condemnation on Twitter only at 6.40 PM!

And so that’s how Mr.Modi and Co. secured a second term with more numbers than 2014 taking mileage of the Balakot Airstrike. Not much can be credited to the Modi Government in its first term. The only credible achievement was changing the names of 33 schemes initiated by the UPA Government. Notable of which are the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Pahao’ earlier known as ‘National Girl Child Day Programme’ started in 2008, ‘Make in India’ earlier known as ‘National Manufacturing Policy’ started in 2011, ‘Digital India’ earlier known as ‘National eGovernance Plan’ started in 2006, ‘Skill India’ earlier known as ‘National Skill Development Programme’ started in 2010 etc. And to add to the misery, the reckless policies of the Government such as the DEMONitisation and the GST completely wrecked the country’s economy. Former PM Dr. Manmohan Singh had earlier cautioned that DEMONitisation will bring down the Country’s economy by 2% and true to his word the economy today stands at a fudged 5% GDP. The 2015 India GDP rebasing by the NDA 1 lifted the growth to 6.9 per cent for 2013-14 instead of 4.7 per cent as estimated earlier and while India clocked double-digit growth of 10.3 percent in 2010-11 it has been revised to 8.5 percent. Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan and Former Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian has also raised concern over this and the latter stating that the GDP growth was overestimated by 2.5%.

The second stint started on a weak footing though the Government has an indubitable majority in the lower house of the Parliament. Presenting the Union Budget, the FM carried the budget documents in a ‘Red-Bag’ in what is known as ‘Bahi-Khata’ instead of using a Briefcase in an attempt to break away from the traditions of the colonial past although she presented her entire budget speech in English inside the Parliament which was built by the British! The GDP was expected to grow at 7.5% in the first quarter however the data released by the Government showed quite the opposite.  Today, the Bank Frauds have gone up by 74%, Government tax revenues are falling, the GDP is the lowest in 6 years and trailing behind Pakistan and Bangladesh, Manufacturing sector growth is down to 0.6%, Construction is at a low of 5.7%, Agriculture is at a low of 2.0%, Automobile Sales have dropped by 19% with fall in sales, Maruti recorded 33 % fall in sales, Tata Motors fell by 58% in sales while Honda Cars India recorded 51% fall in sales, Growth of  8 core industries- coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilizer, steel, cement and electricity dropped to 2.1 % in July, Rupee is the worst performing currency in Asia and Unemployment is highest in 45 years. Business giants such as Rahul Bajaj, Chairman of Bajaj Auto, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of Aditya Birla Group, AM Naik, Larsen & Toubro Chairman, Adi Godrej, Chairman of Godrej Group have raised serious concern over the failing economy. And while the whole country is grappled with the economic crisis. We have a Finance Minister who is clueless about how the Government will spend the Rs.1.76 lakh crore it stole from the RBI under the patronage of Mr.Shantikanta Das who has a record of being the first and only RBI Governor with a degree in MA History! Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to go again on foreign tour to receive award from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This will be his 104th Foreign Nation Visits (including repeated trips) in just 5 1/2 years and while back at home, he is busy with his party’s rallies and programmes. Now, what leaves us clueless is who is actually running this clueless Government?

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