By Bhupen Goswami
Guwahati : Congress stalwart and former finance minister, P Chidambaram, on Friday, addressed the media at Rajiv Bhawan, Guwahati and spoke about the completion of two years of demonetisation in the country and its ‘catastrophic consequences’.
Delivering the opening statement, Chidambaram said, “Demonetisation was an ill-conceived move inspired by
Chidambaram’s remarks alluded to the recent inauguration of a giant statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel by Modi and the BJP’s promise to build a grand Ram temple at Ayodhya, the birthplace of Lord Ram.
“At the beginning of five years, the promise is for development, jobs and money in every citizen’s bank account. Nothing achieved, at the end of five years, the new promise is for grand temples, giant statues and doles,” the Congress leader said in a tweet. With Lok Sabha elections fast approaching, Chidambaram has been targeting the Modi government over its alleged failure to fulfil the pre-poll promises made by his party.Chidambaram informed the gathering that the Congress party is opposed to the Bhartiya Janata Party because it believes that the BJP’s vision of India is majoritarian, exclusive, discriminatory and illiberal. Further, it believes that the BJP has not fulfilled any of the promises that it had made to come to power and termed them as a ‘Jumla’.
The former finance minister arrived in Guwahati on Thursday night to chalk out a strategy for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and also presented the objectives of the Congress party.