Yashwant Sinha, an ex-BJP leader on Sunday accused the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government of destroying various institution across the country, including the Union Cabinet.
Speaking at ‘Idea of Bengal’ a talk show, which was organised by the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), Yashwant Sinha said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had all qualities to be a good prime minister.
Accusing Prime Minister Modi, Sinha said that Modi has undermined the Rajya Sabha (RS) during the passage of key bills. He also alleged that the Modi government has destroyed several institutions of the country but the biggest casualty is the Union Cabinet.
“I am saying this because several important decisions are being taken without informing the Cabinet, be it the Rafale jet deal or demonetisation,” former union minister said.
It is to be noted that BJP does not enjoy a majority in the Upper House of Parliament.
Sinha called demonetisation a disaster and said that government was trying to “dress up” the figures of economic growth to hide the “failures” of its economic policies.
“First they changed the methods by which GDP is calculated. Next, when it came out that the UPA government performed better than the present regime, they withdrew the data from the website. Then the government fudged figures to put up a healthy picture of the economy,” he quoted by news agency PTI as saying.
In addition, the Modi government has a “habit” of blaming the previous governments for all the wrong things that had “either happened or are happening” in the country, he added.
Sinha said that he hoped that West Bengal and TMC would play a major role in defeating PM Modi in the 2019 general elections.
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