two years of failed promises & lies of modi govt

Table of Contents

Preface ..1

Agriculture & Agrarian Crises ..2

Mismanagement of Economy....12

Corruption & Black Money.. 21

Failure on Foreign Policy..................................................................28

Internal Security Endangered..34

Youth and Students- Suppression of Aspirations ..37

Women- Gender Insensitivity Galore..41

Autocratic Dismissal of Elected Governments....44

Failing the Dalit Cause......................................................................46

Floundering Make in India Program.. ..51

Un-Smart Solutions for Smart Cities 54

Digital India- A Reality Check..........................................................56

Truth about Namami Gange ......57

Crass Word.58

Preface

The last two years have seen a dull and dark shadow creep over India. In 2014, people gave Shri Narendra Modi a sweeping mandate. By 2016, they have been left bewildered and confused. Instead of the promised

Achche Din, they are witnessing a systematic attack on Indias institutions, icons and inclusiveness.

As the second year of the Modi Government draws to a close, sadly, there is little to celebrate. Indias economy

spirals further downward. The Government proclaims 7.6% GDP growth, but experts and common men both

wonder why nobody feels or experiences it. Job growth, industrial output, and exports are all plunging

downwards. Inflation, rural distress, drought and low farm incomes are making life miserable for the

Kisaan and Khet Mazdoor.

Investor confidence in India is down and the forecast is gloomy. India was gifted windfall due to low crude

oil prices. Yet, instead of using these savings to boost the economy, Modi Sarkar chose to fill its coffers by

increasing excise duties and indirect taxes, at a high cost to the Common Man.

Performance mapping of the last two years demonstrates that this Government is only about unrealistic

promises and impossible targets. The first year focused on merely re-naming Congress programs and

executing policy U-turns. On crucial legislation like the GST, which had been piloted by the Congress party, the

Government continues to drag its feet at the instance of the RSS.

Shri Modis self-centric attempts at foreign diplomacy have failed miserably. Important nations like Russia

and USA are reaching out with open arms to Pakistan. Relations with Nepal are at an all-time low. China

brazenly counters India on international fora, while Pakistan makes the Modi Sarkar dance a dizzying spiral of

U-turns.

Democracy has been shamelessly subverted. Instead of cooperative federalism, Modi Sarkar dismissed

elected governments in Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh. Even the High Court and the Supreme Court

severely indicted the Union Government for its deliberate denigration of democracy and the Constitution.

The country watched in horror as the Government clamped down on students and universities. As a result, a

young Dalit scholar, Rohith Vemula died tragically. Doctored videos were used to target student leaders who

opposed the RSSs ideology. The Government today even dictates - what you watch, eat, speak or wear.

Muscled thugs impose their ideas of morality and lynch mobs kill people on mere suspicion. BJP leaders spew

venomous messages of hate and violence to question the patriotism of every Indian who disagrees with

them.

Two years ago, the people of India fell for Modi jis web of deceit woven around good governance and

development. After two years, deep disappointment of people is loud and clear across the nation. The tragedy is

that people of India need to wait for three more years to put the Bure Din of the Modi Sarkar behind

them.

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Agriculture & Agrarian Crises

Kisan Virodhi, Narendra Modi !

Farmers, Farm Labour and Rural India have paid the heaviest price for electing the BJP and Shri Narendra

Modi. The insensitivity and callousness of Modi Government is reminder of the exploitative British regime,

with successive tragedies unfolding in the form of droughts, unemployment, poverty and suicide owing to

Government apathy. Agriculture sector accounts for 48.9% of total employment (NSSO 2011-12) in the

country.

Declining Agriculture Growth Rate

Two years of Modi Government have witnessed

lowest rate of agriculture growth indicating the

poor state of Indias Annadata

During the ten years (2004-2014) of Congress

Government, rural India and farmers were at

the centre of governance which led to

improvement in the lives of farmers and

development of hitherto backward regions.

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Declining Food Production and yield - Indias Food Security under Threat

Food Grain Production has declined during two years of Modi Government from 265 Lakh MT in 2013-14

(Congress) to about 253 Lakh MT in 2015-16

Food Grain yield has similarly seen considerable decline as per chart below

Source: Ministry of Agriculture

2416

3145

785

1168

510

2363

2989

753

1060

462

0 1000 2000 3000 4000

Rice

Wheat

Pulses

Oil Seed

Cotton

Yield Comparisons During Congress & BJP Government

Yield 2014-2015 - BJP Government

Yield 2013-2014 -Congress Government

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There has been a similar decline in production of cotton, oilseeds and Jute. A close look at the table shows

Modi Governments apathy towards agriculture, also reflected by the decrease in acreage and per hectare

production.

CrCrop Area

2013-2014

(Lakh Ha)

Yield

2013-2014

(Kgs per Ha)

Area

2014-2015

(Lakh Ha)

Yield

2014-2015

(Kgs per Ha)

Rice 441.4 2416 433.8 2363

Wheat 304.7 3145 303.7 2989

Barley 6.7 2718 6.7 2427

Coarse

Cereals

252.2 1717 237.7 1700

Cereals 998.3 2462 975.2 2397

Jowar 57.9 957 52.7 906

Maize 90.7 2676 89.9 2529

Tur 39.0 813 37.1 731

Urad 30.6 555 32.8 518

Gram 99.3 960 83.9 905

Food

Grains

1250.4 2124 1200.6 2082

Ground

Nut

55.1 1764 45.9 1448

Soybean 117.2 1012 110.9 966

Sunflower 6.7 750 5.2 729

Rapeseed /

Mustard

66.5 1185 60 1126

Cotton 119.6 510 129.9 462

Sugarcane 49.9 70522 50.3 70854

Source: Ministry of Agriculture

Food Security of India is being jeopardized by Modi Governments neglect of rural economy.

Hoarders and Black Marketers are having a field day as people suffer.

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There has been a steady decline in food grain and other essential crop production.

Area under food grain cultivation came down from 1250 Lakh hectare under Congress

Government to 1200 Lakh hectare under Modi Government.

Per hectare production fell from 2,142 Kg/hectare in 2013-14 to 2,082 Kg/hectare under NDA

Government

Cultivation acreage for pulses declined from 252.1 Lakh hectare to 230 Lakh hectares and

production went down from 785 Kg/hectare to 753 Kg/hectare.

Pulses production dipped from 192.5 Lakh Tonnes in 2013-14 to 171.5 Lakh Tonnes in 2014-15.

Nation is reeling under immense spiraling prices of Pulses that are being sold at around Rs 200/kg

Minimum Support Price

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On one hand, PM Modi chants Anna Data Sukhi Bhava and diabolically stabs the farmers by giving him

Un-remunerative prices. MSP has seen a paltry increase of 0.0 to 4.00%

Sr.

No. Name of Crop Congress Government

(2004-05 to 2013-14) Modi Government

(2014-15-16)

MSP Increase MSP Increase

1. Sugarcane 73.50 to 220 146.50 230 10 only

2. Barley (JAUN) 540 to 1100 560 1225 75 only

3. Maize (MAKEE) 525 to 1310 785 1325 15 only

4. Millet (BAJRA) 515 to 1250 735 1275

25 only

5. Soybean Yellow Soybean Black

1000 to 2560 900 to 2500

1560 1600

2600 No Increase

50 only No Increase

6. Groundnut 1500 to 4000 2500 4030 30 only

7. Wheat 640 to 1400 760 1525 125 only

8. Paddy (Rice) (a) Normal (b) Grade-A

560 to 1310 590 to 1345

750 755

1410 1450

100 only 100 only

9. (a) Cotton Desi (Medium Staple) (b) CottonAmerican (Long Staple)

1700 to 3700 1960 to 4000

2000

2040

3800

4100

100 only

100 only

Modi ji had chanted a solemn promise- If Bhartiya Janta Party comes to power then

Minimum Support Price would be determined at cost of production + 50% profit.

Replying to a PIL in the Supreme Court, BJP Government took a shameful U turn and replied

on oath that cost of production +50% profit can never be given to the farmer

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Indebted Farmers, Insensitive Government!

52% of Indias farmers are in debt with an average debt burden of Rs 47,000 (according to NSSO survey in 2015)

As stated by Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley, the total outstanding credit of public sector banks stands at Rs 46.5 lakh Crore as on March 20, 2015. The outstanding loans to agriculture and allied

activities stood at Rs 6.48 lakh Crore. Against this the outstanding loan to industry was Rs 21.32

lakh Crore.

The Supreme Court expressed dismay at Rs 1,14,000 Crore of corporate loans being written off by banks

since 2013-14, perhaps the largest write-off in a period of 48 months. On the other hand, farmers are

committing suicides due to burden of debt. Why is Modi Government not giving relief to the vulnerable

farmer?

Severe Drought and Modi Governments Callous Indifference

This is the second consecutive year when India is reeling under severe drought. Nearly 40% of Indias

population is plagued with a grave agrarian and drinking water crisis, and it takes the Supreme Court to direct

the snoozing Modi Government to take basic relief measures in order to help the farmers.

Farmers had to suffer untimely rains and hailstorm during Feb-April 2015 and continued drought situation this

year have further compounded their worries. There is complete apathy of Modi Government towards them.

15%

24%

51%

10%

Percentage of outstanding loan

by major sector's to PSB

Agriculture

Service

Sector

Industry

Housing

Segment

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Untimely rains and hailstorms affected 181 L

2015, a fact accepted by the Minister for

hectares to 106 Lakh hectares after discussions with the Chief Secretaries of states.

Estimated crop loss due to untimely rains and hailstorms during Feb

The above chart indicates that Similarly, 14.1 lakh tonne oilseeds worth

Crore

BJP Governments indifference can be gauged from the fact that while states demas Central Assistance for drought, Modi Government released a mere Rs 10,273 Crore for 10 states

State

Karnataka

Chhattisgarh

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Odisha

Telangana

Uttar Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Jharkhand

Rajasthan

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Estimated Crop Loss Due To Untimely Rain And Hailstorm During Feb

ns and hailstorms affected 181 Lakh hectare cropped area in 14 states in the months of Feb

2015, a fact accepted by the Minister for Agriculture in Lok Sabha. Prime Minister reduced this by 75 L

akh hectares after discussions with the Chief Secretaries of states.

Estimated crop loss due to untimely rains and hailstorms during Feb-Apr 2015 is as follows:

farmers lost 86.3 Lakh tonne food grains worth

Similarly, 14.1 lakh tonne oilseeds worth Rs 4,676 Crore were lost, taking the total loss to Rs

BJP Governments indifference can be gauged from the fact that while states dem

as Central Assistance for drought, Modi Government released a mere Rs 10,273 Crore for 10 states

State Assistance

Sought

from

NDRF by

the State

Assistance

released by

Department of

Expenditure

Karnataka 3830.84

1416.93

(Rabi)

1540.20

Chhattisgarh 6093.79 835.695

Madhya Pradesh 4821.64 1875.80

Maharashtra 4002.82 2548.73

Odisha 2217.08 600.52

Telangana 2601.17 712.62

Uttar Pradesh 2057.79 934.32

Andhra Pradesh 2000.56 315

Jharkhand 2142.78

Rajasthan 10537.02 911

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10,000

15,000

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Estimated Crop Loss Due To Untimely Rain And Hailstorm During Feb-apr 2015

Value of crop incurred as

Drop in production (in

akh hectare cropped area in 14 states in the months of Feb-April

me Minister reduced this by 75 Lakh

follows:

farmers lost 86.3 Lakh tonne food grains worth Rs 15,777 Crore.

lost, taking the total loss to Rs 20,453

BJP Governments indifference can be gauged from the fact that while states demanded Rs 41,722 Crore

as Central Assistance for drought, Modi Government released a mere Rs 10,273 Crore for 10 states

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Failing Safety Net

Modi Sarkar has announced that 50 additional days of employment will be offered under Mahatma Gandhi

NREGA over the mandated 100 days, in the drought affected regions. However, the reality is that not even 50

days of employment is being offered, as the chart below shows:

State Average days

per

employment

under

MGNREGA

House Hold

% of House Holds

completed 100 days

Chhattisgarh 46.53 11

Madhya

Pradesh

45.8 8

Maharashtra 59.88 17

Odisha 44.77 9

Telangana 55.25 16

Uttar Pradesh 33.53 3

Andhra

Pradesh

55.14 16

Jharkhand 52.04 15

Rajasthan 55.47 11

(Year 2015-16)

Negligence on the part of BJP Government can be gauged from the fact that fund unavailability has limited the

percentage of families availing even 100 days of work to mere 11.6%.

BJP Government has a poor track record of offering even 100 days of employment.

Congress Government BJP Government

Number of families availing 100 days of employment

during 2012-2014 was 98,32,834

Number of families availing 100 days of

employment during 2014-2016 is 73,30,762

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The wages paid under MGNREGA increased by 9% every year during Congress Government. Modi

Government has drastically reduced MGNREGA wage rate increase to a mere 3.8%, thereby

disempowering the poor.

Farmer Suicide: A Monumental Tragedy

2,996 farmers have committed suicide in the year 2015 out of which 1841 are from Maharashtra

6,710 Farm Labourers committed suicide due to recession in the agricultural sector

Taking False Credit for Congress initiatives

Neem Coated Urea Scheme : This is being publicized as a new invention of the Modi Sarkar that will

increase land productivity and stop Ureas diversion to non-agricultural usage like alcohol production.

However, the truth is that the scheme was started by Congress in 2011, and upto 35% Urea was Neem

coated.

Modi Government is busy publicizing that the schemes linked to agrarian sector such as

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana, Deendayal Upadhyay Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana,

Soil Health Card, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Vikas Yojana and Neem Coated Urea Scheme etc

are the Prime Ministers brain waves. While the truth is that they are nothing but

blatant attempts at plagiarism.

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Deendayal Upadhyay Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana: Truth is that Modi Sarkar changed the name

of Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Grameen Vidyutikaran

Yojana. Infact Congress Government had electrified 1,12,287 villages in 11th 5-Year plan (2007-12).

12,486 villages were to be electrified in 12th 5-Year plan (2012-17), substantial work on which had

already been completed.

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojna: Modi Sarkar rechristened Accelerated Irrigation Benefits

Programme (AIBP) which has been operational since 11th 5-Year Plan (2007-12).. Under this, 67,477

Crore had already been spent by Congress Government to create 94 Lakh Hectare irrigation

potential.

Organic Farming: 10 plans like National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture, Rashtriya Krishi Vikas

Yojana and National Project on Organic Farming etc. had already been in operation since Congress

Governments tenure aimed at achieving the goals of Organic farming.

Soil Health Cards & Laboratory

Crashing Agricultural Exports Plunging Farm Incomes

An increase of 600% was seen in the export of agricultural products during the tenure of the Congress Government.

As compared to 42.6 billion USD in 2013-14, Agricultural Exports fell to 32.52 billion USD in 2015-16- a dip of around 25%.

Jumlanomics: The Story of Economic Mismanagement

Mahatma Gandhi said, the soul of India resides in its villages.

Modi Governments disdain towards rural India proves the stark reality of the slogan Kisan Virodhi,

Narendra Modi !

Congress Government launched the Soil Health Card scheme in 2008-09 and 5 Crore cards

had been issued till March 2012.

The system for soil testing was introduced by the Congress Government. As per records dated

31-03-2014, there are 1,411 laboratories for examination of soil in the country. This

Government is asserting that new laboratories would be opened, but so far not a single new

laboratory has been added.


Jumlanomics: The Story of Economic Mismanagement

The Union Government has been reduced to mere sloganeering, renaming schemes,

appropriating Congress success stories (such as Aadhaar, DBT etc.) and making hollow

claims. The Modi Sarkars inability to leverage the historically low crude oil prices

reveals its overall incompetence and inherent inability to manage the Indian economy.

Modi Governments constant resort to Jumlebaazi is nothing but a desperate spin to

hide its luminous underperformance. A dispassionate assessment reveals serious

weaknesses in the Indian economy, affecting all major sectors. Income inequalities are

worsening, unemployment is rising, the rural economy is struggling for breath, farmers

are being driven to suicide and the middle-class is getting crushed. There are ominous

signs suggesting a prolonged slowdown that India is increasingly finding difficult to

recover from.


A fictitious GDP figure; ground realities differ from the hype

Officially, the economy grew at 7.3% in 2014-15 and 7.6% in 2015-16 based on the new method of

GDP calculation. But, there is broad skepticism about the reality of this data.

Even the Governor of the RBI and the Governments Chief Economic Adviser expressed

discomfort with the official growth data. Experts all across believe the actual growth rate is in the

neighborhood of 5.5%.


Vanishing Jobs- Rising Unemployment

Turning Demographic Dividend into a Liability

Shri Narendra Modi promised 20000000 (2 Crore) jobs every year.

Instead only 1,34000 (1.34 Lakh) jobs have been created, according to the official figures o f

Ministry of Labour, GOI. There was actually a decline of 20,000 jobs in 8 key industrial sectors

between Oct-Dec, 2015. This is the slowest pace of job creation since 2009.

Even the President of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, an affiliate of the BJP, admits that no

Government policy has been visible till now to arrest workforce reduction and generate new jobs.

The nation is staring at a huge unemployment crisis with 10-12 lakh young people joining the labour

force each month. Leave apart creating 10 Crore jobs in 5 years, Modi Government will add 6 Crore

youth to the unemployment queue by 2019.


Spiralling Inflation - Skyrocketing Prices Poor in Peril While falling global crude and commodity prices have provided the Government with eyewash of low

WPI (Wholesale Price Index), the average Indian continues to be at the receiving end of high food prices-

making even basic Daal-Roti unaffordable.

In 2015, prices of vegetables and pulses shot up like never before. Tur/Arhar dal continues to sell at

around Rs. 200 per KG.

In August 2015, wholesale onion prices reached a record high. More recently, onion prices have

crashed completely. While on one hand, the consumer is crushed, on the other hand the farmers are

getting bankrupt.

The budget for the much flaunted Skill India is even far below

the demand of the Ministry of Skill Development and

Entrepreneurship (MSDE) that asked for Rs. 8,062 Crore in

2016-17 and received a paltry sum of Rs.1,804 Crore - less than

1/4th of the amount. Is this the way to tackle unemployment?

Shocked by this mockery made in allocation of funds for Skill

Training, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour

observed: "We are surprised that on one hand the Government

is publicizing and popularizing the skill development initiatives,

whereas on the other hand no fund has been allocated to impart

skill training under the Skill Development Initiative scheme."

Data from last week of April, 2016


Electrifying lie on providing power to villages - Power Ministers Press

Conference in Delhi witnesses 3 Power Cuts!

Modi Sarkars claim to have electrified more than 7,000 of 18,452 unelectrified villages in the last

financial year is a blatant lie.

Of the 7,000 villages said to be electrified, 3,604 have been marked Village found electrified

during the survey which means they were already electrified when the GVAs (Grameen Vidyut

Abhiyanta) made their first visit. This suggests that the Centres list of 18,452 unelectrified villages

prepared in consultation with State Governments was an overestimate. More importantly, it

highlights the Governments ability to lie with ease as it takes credit for work it did not do.


Oil Prices BJP Profiteering at the cost of Common Man.

International Crude Oil Prices have come down by 55.20% since the Modi Government took over on

May 26, 2014.

The price of crude was $108.05 on May 26, 2014, while the price of international crude was $48.41 on

May 20, 2016.

The Present Price of Diesel (In Delhi) is Rs 51.67per litre

The Present Price of Petrol (In Delhi) is Rs 63.02 per litre

The Price of Diesel has come down only by 8.9% and Petrol by 11.74% against the reduction in prices of

International Crude by 55.20%

The Price of Diesel according to the decrease in International Crude prices should be Rs 25.40/ltr

The Price of Petrol according to the decrease in International Crude prices should be Rs 31.99/ltr

Exports tumble 17 months in a row:

Manufacturing Crisis looms large

For 17 straight months, exports have crashed. Imports too show a similar trend, indicating a

worrying lack of demand, which the

Government is even unwilling to acknowledge.

Exports in FY 2013-14 were US $312.35 billion. As against this, exports have declined

to an abysmal low of US $205.70 billion i.e a

decline of US $106.65 billion or 34% Under

PM Modi, India is losing the race to

countries like Bangladesh, Vietnam,

Cambodia and Indonesia.


Stock Market Volatility Loss of

Lifes Earnings for Small Investors

While the Government has gone all out to impress

its Suit-Boot friends, the corporate sector remains

unimpressed by its economic acumen. Markets have

expressed gross no-confidence in the Government.

The Sensex stands over 4000 points lower than

it did about a year back. Market volatility has

dealt a body blow to small investors wiping out their investment portfolios. Each year, we are told

how the Finance Ministers budgets are going to make the markets go up in a sustained manner.

However, except for speculative increases around these announcements, the trends overall are

downward. Top line revenues and corporate earnings have been mostly flat till the last quarter, and

there is little sign of a turnaround.

Falling Industrial production Unending Policy Paralysis!

Growth in industrial production plunged to 0.1% in March 2016 due to poor performance of

manufacturing and mining sectors coupled with sharp decline in output of capital goods. This is

proof that Make in India has been an abject flop- The Babbar Sher has been Mewing. The

latest Nikkei/Market Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) fell to a four-month

low of 50.5 in April 2016.

The manufacturing sector, which accounts for over 75% of the index, declined by 1.2% in

March 2016 against a growth of 2.7% in same month a year ago.

Growth continued to elude the critical capital goods sector (which is a crucial intermediate

goods producer), which contracted by 9.8% in February 2016.

With the April-February period showing a decline of 1.4 per cent, the capital goods sector is a

reminder that investments are yet to pick-up despite tall claims.

It is hardly surprising that the value of stalled projects stood at a mammoth Rs 9 Lakh

Crore (7% of GDP) in early 2015. The situation has since only gotten worse - as of March,

2016 the value of stalled projects stood at alarming Rs 11.36 Lakh Crore.

Stalled Projects: Number of stalled projects is highest since Modi Government

took office. As of March 2016 there are 893 stalled projects, which is an increase

of 17% since March 2014. Is this not Policy Paralysis?


Private investment is flat: Why are PMs cheerleaders celebrating?

A drop in public and private investments is a major concern for the country's economic growth.

For all its talk, the BJP Government is failing to deliver in an area that it touted as its biggest

strength.

The Government is fond of boasting about FDI inflows. Net FDI (Foreign Direct Initiative)

inflows dropped to a 12-month low of US$1.9 Billion in March 2016 from an average of

US$3.1 Billion during the first 11 months of the fiscal.

Ironically, Indians invested almost US$14 billion outside the country, indicating flight

of capital due to lack of confidence in Make in India.

Foreign institutional investments have seen net outflows of Rs.14,212 Crore in 2015 so far

in the current fiscal year, the highest in the last seven fiscal years.

Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) spiral BJP takes on RBI Governor for

trying to improve the situation.

The Gross Non-Performing Assets of public sector banks increased to 7.3% in December 2015

from 5.43% in March 2015. Despi t e be ing repeat ed l y h igh l igh ted b y the RBI

Governor, the Government seems to have no st ructural solut ion except for a

negligible allocation of funds for bank recapitalization. Against a requirement of Rs.

500,000 Crore to strengthen PSU bank balance-sheets, BJP has allocated a meager Rs.

25,000 Crore.

RBI Governor, Shri Raghuram Rajans effort to improve the health of Public Sector Banks is

being severely questioned by the ruling BJP, with its MPs being unleashed to attack and

discredit the intent and integrity of institution of the RBI.

In 2015, Credit Growth slumped to a 20-year low. The rate of Deposit Growth in Bank is at a 53 year low reflecting contraction in incomes.

RSS red flags GST BJP Deliberately Dithers!

The BJP has unsuccessfully tried to blame Congress for the GST bill not being passed. The truth is that it is the Congress, who is the architect of GST.


In public interest, Congress wants a cap of 18% on tax rate in the Constitution so that

Governments do not burden the Common Man excessively. Why is BJP opposing such a

pro-people measure?

It is well known that on account of RSS pressure, the NDA is dilly-dallying and delaying the

Bill by refusing to accept three consumer and business-friendly recommendations made by the

Congress.

The BJP, which opposed GST for over 9 years led by then CM of Gujarat Shri Narendra Modi, is denying Indian business, consumers and the economy huge tax-transparency and efficiency

advantage

Misplaced Priorities?

At a time when India should be aggressively going after a greater share of the global

economic pie, Modi Government is seeking to achieve fiscal targets through

unsustainable means. At a time when we should be promoting big investments in our

food supply chain, we are choking off rural demand. At a time when we should be

providing major incentives for our small and medium enterprises to modernize and

compete globally and employ young people, we are adding to the tax burden of the

common man who could drive demand and an upsurge in economy.


Corruption & Black Money

Mahatma Gandhi: Mis-governance and corruption always go together

Last two years have witnessed blatant corruption and impropriety against the BJP Chief Ministers, Union Ministers and leaders. Despite empty rhetoric of Na Khaaunga Na Khane Dunga, Prime Minister has chosen to brazen it out.

Na Khaaunga Na Khane Dunga to Khao Piyo Aish Karo

BLACK MONEY: Have you received Rs.15 Lakh in your bank account yet?

The pre-poll promise of Shri Narendra Modi to bring back the black money estimated at Rs 80 Lakh Crore

within 100 days and deposit Rs 15-20 Lakh in every Indians Bank Account was perhaps one of his biggest

jumlas- admitted as such by none less than the BJP President, Shri Amit Shah.


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Ground Reality

The SIT on Black Money that was set up by the

Modi Government was after directions from the

Supreme Court. It was not a suo moto action by

the Government

Panama Expose: 500 names have been revealed

by the media, but no action has been taken by the

Modi Government to investigate the matter in a

credible manner through a Supreme Court

monitored SIT.

U turn on Amnesty Scheme

Shri Arun Jaitley in a written reply to Lok Sabha in December 2014 categorically stated that there

was "no proposal to bring general amnesty scheme for declaring undeclared income."

Despite that, Amnesty Scheme was introduced to convert black money into white. The Amnesty

Scheme, 2015 of the Modi Government was a total failure. Only 638 numbers of declarations were

received under the scheme declaring undisclosed foreign assets amounting to Rs 3,770 Crore. The

Prime Minister deliberately misinformed the people of India when he spoke from the Red Fort

that Rs.6500 Crore have been recovered under the scheme.

Rs 20,000 Crore GSPC Scam of Gujarat

Where has the Rs. 80 lakh Crore of estimated black money you estimated vanished, Shri Modi?

In fact, Minister of state for Finance, Shri Jayant Sinha stated in the Rajya Sabha recently that the

BJP Government has no estimation of the black money stashed by Indians in foreign countries.

Fair & Lovely Amnesty Scheme,2016

Even after the failure of earlier amnesty scheme of 2015, Governments attempt to declare another

one has aptly been termed by Congress Vice President, Shri Rahul Gandhi as a Fair & Lovely

scheme. Those who have black money can pay some tax and simply convert it into white. Its a

Fair & Lovely scheme. Modi ji had promised that he will put people with black money behind bars,

now they have come up with way to save those people. Their policy to check black money is nothing

but a Fair & Lovely scheme


Rs 20,000 Crore GSPC Scam of Gujarat

The CAG report tabled in Gujarat Assembly on 31st March, 2016 exposes the false myth of

Gujarat Model and Brand Namo. Shockingly, it unveils the stark truth as to how Rs.19,716

crore of hard earned money of people of Gujarat was squandered away by Gujarat State Petroleum

Corporation (GSPC) under the watch of the then Chief Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. In fact,

CAG report is a telling irony of crony capitalism, malicious enrichment of private parties, writing

off public money invested in questionable international & domestic oil/gas reserves besides

deliberate bleeding of State Public Sector Undertaking by a Chief Minister, who encouraged and

institutionally supported plunder of State resources.

GSPC surrendered 45 Gas Blocks i.e 70.31% of the 64 Blocks owned by it. Shockingly, total loss to

public exchequer from surrender of 45 Blocks is Rs 2992.72 Crores as per CAG. Out of these, loss

on account of 11 Overseas Blocks that were surrendered is Rs 1757.46 Crores.

Not to be outdone, GSPC, under Shri Narendra Modi, gave 10% equity free of cost to a Canadian

Company Geo Global with a total capital of US$ 78! GSPC, even failed to recover the

expenditure of Rs 2319.43 Crores spent from public expenditure on behalf of the two J-V partners

i.e- Geo Global and Jubliant.

Never before have the state resources been plundered in this reckless fashion and loss caused to

public exchequer as brought by the CAG. Shri Narendra Modi refuses to respond, leave apart

placing the facts before the Nation.

Is this the reason for condoning Corruption by other BJP honchos.


Vyapam Scam

India's biggest admission and recruitment scam

was unearthed in Madhya Pradesh with alleged

involvement of Chief Minister, Shri Shivraj

Singh Chauhan at the helm.

A substantive portion of the scam is on account

of gross irregularities in the Pre Medical Tests

(PMT) for admission into Medical courses and

Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan was the Minister

incharge of Medical Education from 2008-2012.

People close to him including his PS, Shri Prem

Chandra Prasdad- categorized as Gang

Members by the STF- are principle accused in

the scam.

Vyapam (Madhya Pradesh Vyavsayik Pareeksha

Mandal) is perhaps the biggest scam in history

of Independent India. Between 2007 to 2013,

Vyapam defrauded and duped nearly 76,76,718

candidates, who appeared in 167 different

examinations conducted by it.

Another mystery is the Prime Ministers silence

and his refusal to sack the Chief Minister, a

senior leader of his party, whose own state STF

has implicated key figures in the state

Government

Chhattisgarh CMs son runs a Foreign Bank Accounts Racket!

Chhattisgarh PDS Scam of Rs 36,000 Crore

Blatant corruption and countrys biggest PDS Corruption Scandal leads directly to the door step of

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Dr. Raman Singh and his family members. However, despite the magnitude

of fraud involved and diary entries indicting the Chief Minister, his Ministers and BJP leaders.;PM Shri

Modi has turned a deaf ear towards the massive corruption .The BJP ruled Chhattisgarh runs a well-

oiled corruption machine wherein the politicians in power, rice mill owners, PDS shop owners and public

officials, in connivance with each other, have earned thousands of Crores as kickbacks.

Similar is the fate of Indira Priyadarshni Mahila Nagrik Sahkari Bank Scam as also unquestionable

proof contained in Narco Analysis and Brain Mapping Test of main accused which clearly indicts

Chhattisgarh CM Dr. Raman Singh, his ministerial colleagues Shri Brij Mohan Aggarwal, Shri

Amar Aggarwal and Shri Rajesh Mudat; National Secretary of BJP & former Minister for Cooperation -

Shri Ramvichar Netam besides senior most police officers of the State including a former DGP.

Hard earned life earning of 25,716 depositors of this Cooperative Bank has been siphoned off in this

Scam.


Modi Government has utterly failed to take action on the investigation done by ICIJ qua Shri Abhishek

Singh, BJP MP from Rajanandgaon (Chhattisgarh) son of Dr. Raman Singh, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh.

There are relevant links which proves the connection between ICIJ offshore leaks (Harve Falciani list) and

Abhishek Singh. The name of Abhishek Singh finds mention in the list though the same has been spelled as

Abhishak Singh. The place where you would find his name in the list and his investments in the ICIJ

website is as per the link -https://offshoreleaks.icij.org/nodes/68510

Abhishek Singh owns a company by the name of Quest Heights incorporated on July 12, 2008 registered

in British Virgin Islands with address as Raman Medical Store, Kawardha. As director of Quest Heights,

Abhishek Singh appointed Share Corp as its shareholding nominee. In reality, the company which runs

Share Corp is Portcullis. This is the same company whose one floor accommodates the office of

Abhishek Singh owned Quest Heights. Share Corp is reported to have accounts in Swiss Bank UBS AG.

By questioning the director of Portcullis, Graham Farinha, truth about foreign bank accounts and

transactions can be easily disclosed. Email id of Graham Farinha is

[email protected].

The Modi Government has completely ignored the aforesaid facts alleging serious fraud. Is this how Shri

Modi is going to fight Black Money?

The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) "Chikki" scam: Rs. 206 Crore Maharashtra Women and Child Welfare Minister, Smt. Pankaja Munde did not invite e-tenders for awarding

contracts, though it is mandatory to e-tender for contracts over 3 lakhs. Contracts were awarded to the

favourites of the Minister. Why is she still continuing in the State Cabinet despite blatant violation of

Government Financial Rules?

The Great Vijay Mallya Escapade!

It is official now. Shri Vijay Mallya, who has run away from India as in Fair & Lovely Scheme of BJP

Government, has become truly a Double NRI Non-Repaying Indian and Non-Returning Indian.

Instead of fulfilling the solemn promise of bringing black money back within 100 days, Modi Governments

track record, in last 24 months, stands out for escape of first Lalit Modi and now Vijay Mallya to foreign

shores.

130 Crore people of India now understand the meaning of replacing CBIs Look Out Notice for Detention

with Look Out Notice for Information only. Meaning is clear You look, I go out. Resultantly, Shri

Vijay Mallya, who is resting in London, is attacking everyone including media with only one thought

Give me Loan, Leave me Alone.


Shri Vijay Mallya was present in Parliament on 1st March, 2016. Reportedly, he met a senior Minister in the

Government. Entire country knows that he suddenly left the country the very next day i.e. on 2nd March.

Circumstances suggest that Shri Vijay Mallya was tipped to leave the country despite proceedings initiated

by CBI, Banks, ED, SEBI, SFIO, Service Tax and Income Tax.

Lalit Gate: Unholy Nexus between Sushma Swaraj, Vasundhara Raje & Lalit

Modi

Despite clear evidence of support given by Smt. Sushma Swaraj and Smt. Vasundhara Raje to Lalit Modi, in

evading Indian Law Enforcement Agencies by certifying his stay through secret affidavits and ensuring grant

of travel documents to him for international excursions, the two continue to brazenly occupy their respective

positions as the Union External Affairs Minister and Chief Minister of BJP ruled Rajasthan. Did Smt

Vasundhara Raje not commit a crime by directly helping an absconder/fugitive from Indian Law?

Is it not true that same fugitive Lalit Modi invested money through an off-shore company into the Indian

company owned by the son of Smt Vasundhara Raje, more so when the source of off shore company have

never been disclosed? Similarly, should a Foreign Minister help an Indian fugitive secure travel documents

from a foreign country without informing either her own Ministry or the Indian High Commission? Why is no

action being taken against them?

Modi Sarkar is deliberately delaying appointments of anti-corruption watchdogs.

No Lokpal has yet been appointed. CVC and CIC were appointed after a delay of one year, that too

only after persistent efforts by Congress party and after strictures by the judiciary. It is also to be

noted that 20 RTI activists were killed since theModi Government came to power.


DDCA Scam

Complete inaction on DDCA Scam is also intriguing. While replying to an unstarred question in

Parliament on 7th August, 2015, the MOS stated that on the orders of the Ministry of Corporate

affairs on 28th September, 2012, ROC had inspected DDCA and found irregularities against four

DDCA officers namely, Shri Sunil Dev, Shri Narender Batra, Shri S.P.Bansal and Shri

C.K.Khanna. It is further mentioned that these officers have applied for compounding of the

offences, which have been forwarded to Company Law Board.

Some of the charges relate to the escalation of cost of construction of Ferozshah Kotla Stadium by

Rs 90 Crore i.e from initial budget of Rs 24 Crore to final cost of Rs 114 Crore and payment made

to contractor, EPIL. Also, illegal construction of 10 Corporate Boxes and sub-lease of the boxes to

private corporates for Rs 36 Crore by 21st Century Media Pvt. Ltd. owned by Shri Lokesh Sharma.

A leading newspaper also reported that Shri Lokesh Sharma has two companies registered in

British Virgin Islands (BVI) and a third company in BVI as subsidiary of 21st Century Media.

Simple question requiring answer is, when the offences are being looked at by Company Law

Board on charges against the officers of DDCA for irregularities during the time Shri Arun Jaitely

was the President of DDCA, how can we expect a fair probe when Shri Jaitely himself is the

Finance Minister? All the above-mentioned persons are known for their proximity to Shri Arun

Jaitely.

Government, however, chooses to maintain a studied silence on the issue.


Modi Sarkars Foreign Policy Swings Like A Wild Pendulum

Touted Muscular Foreign policy turns out to be Lily -Livered.

Foreign Policy of the country today is aimed more at glorifying the persona of the Prime Minister rather than

following the cardinal principle of preserving National Interest and ensuring Indias rightful place in the comity

of nations. Governments original Neighbourhood First & Look East policy has dismally been reduced to

Self First & Looking Lost. BJP Governments Foreign Policy lacks clarity and continuity & can best be

defined by 4 Is Inconsistent, Illogical, Inept & Incompetent.

Shri Modis embarrassing statements

Shri Modi has insulted the people of India in the International arena through his intemperate

remarks:

Shri Modi in Shanghai: Earlier, you felt ashamed of being born Indian.

Shri Modi in Seoul: There was a time when people used to say we don't know what sins we committed

in our past life that we were born in Hindustan.


Flip-Flop in India-Pakistan Relationship

BJP Governments Pakistan policy is a series of confusing U Turns, with one step forward and several steps

backwards.

Shri Narendra Modis statements during 2014 election campaign:

1. "Bomb, bandook aur goliyon ki awaaz mein baatcheet ho sakti hai kya?"

2. Pakistan ko usi ki bhasha mein zawaab dena chahiye, Yeh love letter likhna band karna

chahiye

But since he became the Prime Minister, provocations from across the border have increased

with nearly 1000 ceasefire violations amidst the talks that continue to be a game of musical

chairs.


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A familiar pattern

The pattern - first, the announcement of holding talks; next, the collapse of the initiative; and third, renewal of

the initiative after an interim lull has been the order for the last two years. PMs invite to Shri Nawaz Sharif for

his swearing in followed by the Shawl & Saree diplomacy, their secret meeting arranged through a private

industrialist during SAARC Summit in Kathmandu, meeting on the side-lines of the Climate Change

Conference in Paris a year later, meeting of the two NSAs in Bangkok, visit of External Affairs Minister, Smt.

Sushma Swaraj to Islamabad, PMs surprise visit to Lahore to wish Shri Sharif on his birthday/ attend family

wedding, Smt. Sushma Swarajs meeting her counterpart in Nepal.

What has all this yielded for India?

The answer is infiltrations, merciless murder of our Jawans, terrorist arrack in Dinanagar

(Gurdaspur), attack on Indian consulate in Afghanistan which was attributed to the Pakistani Military

by the Afghan Government and the dreadful Pathankot and Udhampur terrorist attacks.

The Ufa Debacle

In June 2015, Smt Sushma Swaraj publicly stated that India would not engage with Pakistan as long as

Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was free.

Modi Government did a U-Turn within a month. Prime Ministers of both countries met in the Russian

city of Ufa on July 10, 2015.

Shockingly, Pakistans NSA, Sartaj Aziz publicly debunked the Ufa agreement as informal and non-

binding.

The Lahore Fiasco

On December 25, 2015; PM Modi, in yet another instance of instant theatrics, made an unscheduled visit

to Lahore to greet Shri Nawaz Sharif on his birthday and attend a family wedding.

The Modi Governments checkered razzmatazz Pakistan policy has collapsed and failed due to this kind

of self-centric hype and hoopla the outcome was the Pathankot attack, within a week of his visit,

weakening & undermining our position of strength.


Legitimizing Pakistan

Between 2004-14, Pakistan was alienated, and diplomatically isolated. Congress Governments efforts at

international fora and consistent vigil kept Pakistan in check.

Modi Sarkar has scrambled all efforts. It has not only legitimized Pakistan through its flip flops on

Pathankot probe but also gave a shot in the arm to Pakistan internationally.

At the instance of Pakistan, China has gone to the extent of stonewalling Indias efforts at declaration of

Masood Azhar as an international terrorist on UN 1267 list.

After having dithered in sale of F-16 Fighter Aircrafts to Pakistan, at the instance of previous Congress

government, United States has now taken an in-principle decision to sell the same F-16 fighter planes to

Pakistan, thereby discounting the role of Pakistan as a state that sponsors terror.

Russia, which had a time tested policy of not selling military hardware to Pakistan, has reversed its

stance and is engaging in sale of Mi-35 helicopters and Joint Military exercises.

After a decade of India driven isolation of Pakistan as a state that sponsors terror, it has found

legitimacy with different countries and forums on account of soft-peddling by BJP Government.

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Unprecedented Imbalance in India-China Relationship

Travesty of Jhoola Diplomacy

While hundreds of Chinese soldiers were intruding into Chunar area of Ladakh in September 2014,

Modi ji was busy receiving the Chinese President in Gujarat and indulging in Jhoola and Dhokla

diplomacy.

While Modi ji continues to woo China, it has opposed India's bid for a permanent seat in the UN

Security Council in August 2015.

More importantly, China has vetoed a proposal by the UN to declare Masood Azhar as an international

terrorist on UN List.

During his May, 2015 visit, Modi ji unilaterally offered Visa on Arrival to Chinese tourists but China

continues to give stapled visa to Indian citizens of Arunachal Pradesh.

In a belated move, India upped the ante with China by issuing visas to World Uyghur Congress leader

Dolkun Isa, but took an immediate about turn, by cancelling the visa after Chinese protests.

Construction of Chinese infrastructure projects in PoK

China is expanding its presence in Pakistan by building an 800-km-long road connecting Karakoram

Pass on the border to Gwadar Port along with other projects passing through PoK, including power

plants. The project, once completed, would give China immense strategic and diplomatic advantage over

India.

Relation with Others: Clueless and Directionless

Myanmar Counter-Insurgency: Chest thumping of Hot Pursuit

The time tested relationship with Myanmar in tackling cross border militancy together has been

jeopardized by BJP Governments flippant chest thumping over supposed incursion into Myanmar in

June 2015.

Minister of State for I&B, Shri Rajyavardhan Rathore indulged in irresponsible arrogant assertion of a

hot pursuit inside Myanmar while our official army version contradicted him defining it as just an

engagement of forces along the border.


Nepal: Inept Handling of Indo-Nepal relations

Nepals growing proximity to China and opening up of possible road and rail links is a matter of

growing concern, more so, in light of time honoured relationship of trust and dependence in almost all

key areas.

Ineffectiveness in conveying genuine concerns on Nepals new Constitution and lack of timely and

meaningful response to the Madhesi protests resulted in hardship for the people of both the countries,

besides unwarranted hostility against our country.

Iraq: Clueless about 39 Abducted Indian Construction Workers

In June 2014, after this Government assumed office, ISIS had abducted 39 Indian construction workers

in Iraq. After two long years, the Government is still clueless about their safety or whereabouts. No first

hand information is available including proof of life. This is a glaring example of insensitivity towards

Indian citizens captured by the terrorists of ISIS.

Globe-Trotting wasnt part of your mandate Modi ji?

The number of foreign trips that Modi ji and his Cabinet colleagues have undertaken in the last financial

year (2015-16) has cost the exchequer Rs 567 Crore. This amount is 80% more than what was spent on

foreign trips the previous year, and doesn't include the sum of Rs 500 Crore that his bureaucrats spend

on their travel each year on an average.

Pegged at Rs. 269 Crore in the budget, it was doubled to Rs. 567 Crore in the revised estimate.

Last year, Air India spent Rs 117 Crore on PM Modi's foreign travel alone, 25% more from the previous

year's Rs 94 Crore.


Endangered Internal Security

Pathankot Attack- Gross Mismanagement and Compromise on National Security

On January 1, 2016, India witnessed a vicious attack on the strategic Pathankot Airbase. It is the largest

and the frontline Indian military airbase, responsible for launching the bulk of air operations against

Pakistan in the event of a war. This was the second terror attack in Punjab within 5 months.

While there is clinching evidence against Pakistan, BJP Government could not ensure a visit by Indian

investigation team to Pakistan for questioning the perpetrators of the Pathankot attack, nor took concrete

steps to bring them to justice.

Against many cautionary voices Modi Government allowed the Pakistani Joint Investigation Team (JIT)

comprising of Pak Army and ISI agents (both directly connected to the attack) to visit Indias most

strategic forward airbase of Pathankot.

The JIT returned to Pakistan and shamelessly blamed India for staging the attack.


Gurdaspur, Udhampur Failure of Intelligence, Infiltration on the Rise

First time after decades, terrorism returned to Punjab on July 27, 2015 with a Pakistani terrorist module

attacking Dinanagar Police Station in Gurdaspur. 7 persons including Superintendent of Police, Late

Baljeet Singh laid down their lives before terrorists could be neutralized.

Inspite of the GPS device recovered from the three Pakistani terrorists killed in Gurdaspur establishing

that the terrorists infiltrated from Pakistan, the BJP Government has been completely unsuccessful in

tracking their handlers in Pakistan.

Again on August 5, 2015; two LeT terrorists (both Pakistani Citizen) attacked a BSF convoy in

Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir. Two Jawans laid down their lives in the cross-fire as one terrorist was

killed and another caught alive. Government has again not been able to track their handlers in Pakistan.

Turbulent Jammu & Kashmir

In its quest to capture power at any cost, BJP has created unwarranted volatility in the sensitive state of

Jammu & Kashmir

After years of relative calm and rejection of militancy, Kashmir Valley is witnessing a sudden spurt of

militant activities, civilian deaths, and return of the crowds at the funeral of militants, besides, protests

against security forces.

Opportunistic BJP-PDP alliance has failed to fulfill the aspirations of both Jammu and Kashmir regions,

besides gross incompetence in handling situations like that of NIT-Srinagar.

A Faustian deal: BJP-PDP in Kashmir

Self-contradictory posturing of the BJP be it on engaging with Hurriyat or dealing with separatists like

Masarat Alam or Asiya Andrabi, has blatantly exposed their hypocrisy for holding onto power at any

cost.

Hardline separatist leader Masarat Alam, who spearheaded the 2010 stone-pelting agitation in Kashmir,

was released from jail by the PDP-BJP run state Government amongst series of protests and denials.

Similarly, Modi Sarkar appeared unwilling to take any action against radical separatist Asiya Andrabi.

She not only unfurled the Pakistani flag at her residence in Srinagar but also addressed a Lahore rally;

over the phone that was organized by the 26/11 mastermind terrorist Hafiz Saeed.

For the alliance with PDP, BJP has duplicitously tried to underplay what used to be its uncompromising

stance on Article 370, AFSPA, and an election promise to install a Jammu CM or reservation for

Kashmiri Pandits.


The Non Existent Naga Accord

Naga insurgency has been a vexed issue since Independence, affecting internal security as well as

territorial integrity of as many as four states apart from Nagaland. Any serious attempt at finding

a long term solution to the issue would involve taking all the stakeholders on board apart from the

two Naga factions- NSCN (K) and NSCN (IM).

However, the Prime Minister in his characteristic style bordering unilateralism announced the

signing of a supposed Accord with NSCN (IM) on August 3, 2015; terming it historical. As it

turned out, it was not an accord but a framework evolved out of a unilateral exercise that apart

from having kept the Governments of Assam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, had

also kept the nodal Union Home Ministry out of loop.

It seems even issues of internal security concerning sensitive Border States are nothing but half

truths being trumpeted by the Prime Minister.


Shattered dreams, broken promises

Modi Government betrayed the Youth of India

The Modi Government has completed two years in office without having done anything to fulfill their promises

that they made in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections. Like any other fascist regimes, it has begun to tamper

with the education system with the sole aim of misleading, corrupting and brain washing young minds. It is

customary to suppress rational, independent thinking, to crush the spirit of inquiry and dissent in students, and

to mould them into unthinking, uncritical, spiritless robots.

Crackdown on students

The spirit of debate and discussion, so critical for the development of a students personality, is being

systematically attacked by none less than the Ministry of Human Resource Development itself. Modi

Sarkar is hell bent on using an iron-fisted approach to suppress contrarian points of view, branding any

criticism as anti-national.

In a blatant example of its tendency to wipe out all disagreement, the HRD Ministry coerced IIT Madras

to ban Ambedkar - Periyar Study Circle on 22nd May, 2015. A letter from Ministry was sent to the

Director accusing the Study Circle of creating an atmosphere of hatred. We want to ask- Is demanding

social justice spreading hatred?

The FTII students at Pune protested for 148 days against the appointment of a mediocre small screen

actor Shri Gajendra Chauhan as its Chairman, a post which had been previously adorned by


distinguished personalities like Shri Shyam Benegal and Shri UR Ananthmurthy. While Shri Chauhan

continues to arrogate, students were beaten up, arrested and persecuted.

Modi Governments anti-students agenda was once again at full display at the Jawaharlal Nehru

University and NIT Srinagar.

Instead of finding and arresting those who were seen shouting so called anti-national slogans, JNU

students were arrested, slapped with sedition charges and the entire University was branded as a

notorious den of anti nationalists, with a view to bring in to disrepute an important centre of learning,

where ABVP has been unable to make an inroad.

In this episode, the state came across as cracking down on helpless students while staying mum on the

BJP MLA and lawyers of BJPs Adhivakta Parishad, assaulting journalists, teachers, and students at the

Patiala House Court, Delhi.

HRD Minister Smt.Smriti Irani ordered all the Universities to prove their patriotism by hoisting the

Tricolor. Perhaps, she is completely unaware about the basic fact that all Universities, including JNU,

anyways hoist the National Flag. She is oblivious of the fact that BJPs Remote Control - the RSS

did not hoist the National Flag for 52 years after Independence.

Authoritarian Behavior & Caste Discrimination in Hyderabad Central University

(HCU)

Led by Union Minister, Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, BJP MLC Ramachandra Rao and ABVP activists,

dalit scholars were persecuted and punished by Vice Chancellor and University authorities in HCU.

Not to be outdone, HRD Minister, Smt. Smriti Irani and her Ministry wrote to the University for

initiating action against students. BJP National General Secretary, P. Muralidhar Rao and ABVP

activists went to the extreme of questioning the SC status to describing the students as Anti-

National.

This led to the tragic suicide of Rohith Vemula. ABVPs anti dalit stance, the University

administrations decision to stop his scholarship and bar him from all public spaces only to fight a

proxy war where Smt. Irani and Shri Bandaru Dattatreya speaks volumes of the extent the BJP can go

to implement the RSS anti-dalit agenda.

To add insult to the injury, HRD Minister Smt. Smriti Irani reinstated the guilty Vice Chancellor, Shri

Appa Rao as VC of HCU.


Ironically, students of NIT, Srinagar (a Central University under HRD Ministry) were brutally

beaten up by the police for hoisting and persecuted by University authorities for hoisting the National

Flag within the premises of their institution.

The hypocrisy of the self proclaimed defenders of Indian nationalism, the RSS, BJP and the Modi

Sarkar, was exposed as they chose to maintain deafening silence against persecution of students in

NIT, Srinagar and acted in concert with their own PDP-BJP Government.

Budgetary cuts in Education

The overall education budget is down from Rs 82,771 Cr to Rs 69,074 Cr in 2015-16. Whereas under the

Congress Government, the Plan allocation went up by 18% in 2012-13 and by 8% in 2013-14, the BJP

Government has reduced the Plan allocation for 2015-16 by 25%. All major schemes like Sarva Shiksha

Abhiyan, Mid Day Meal Scheme, Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan have seen savage cuts in 2015-16.

2015-16

About Rs.69,074 Crore was allocated for education in 2015-16, as against Rs.70,505 Crore in the

revised estimate in 2014-15. The revised budget for 2014-15 had reduced the education allocation to

Rs.70,505 Crore from the budget estimates of Rs.82,777 Crore.

Allocations to the school sector was cut by around 10 per cent in its planned outlay from Rs.43,517.9

Crore in the preceding years budget to Rs.39,038.5 Crore in 2015-16.

2016-17

Total allocation to Human Resource Development Ministry this year (2016-17) is Rs. 72,394 Crore.

Though this is higher by Rs. 3200 Crores from last years total budget estimates, the Modi government

has significantly reduced plan allocation to school education and literacy over the last 2 years, showing clearly that NDA government is myopic and is neglecting Indias primary education sector.

This is because the Modi Government believes in the commodification of and privatization of

education. There are talks that the Central Government might offer education as a tradable service

under the World Trade Organization's General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).

Pushing RSS Agenda

In BJP ruled states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Maharashtra etc, a sinister agenda is being pursued to obliterate the names and references to National Icons & Freedom Fighters like Sant Kabir, Ramprasad Bismil, Khudiram Bose, Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Smt. Indira Gandhi among others. Going at this rate, very soon we might have Nathuram Godse hailed as a martyr. Many other important national figures and freedom fighters may soon become mere footnotes in history.


Modi Sarkar is playing with the future of our young generation by turning educational institutions into experimental labs by appointing under-qualified Sangh Parivar loyalists as heads of premier

institutions of excellence.

o Baldev Sharma, former Editor of RSS Mouthpiece Panchjanya appointed as Chairman of National Book Trust.

o Prof. Y. Sudarshan Rao, Head of Andhra Pradesh Chapter of Akhil Bhartiya Itihas Sankhalan Yojna a subsidiary of RSS appointed as Chairperson of Indian Council for

Historical Research (ICHR).

o Shri Zafar Sareshwala, a known Modi backroom boy from Gujarat, appointed as Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad.

o Shri Vishram Ramchandra Jamdar, a professed RSS Swayam Sevak, was appointed as head of Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, although he was not

among the four short-listed candidates for the post.

o Prof. Inder Mohan Kapahi, a long time member of RSS and author of various articles in RSS Mouthpiece Organiser, was appointed as a Member of University Grants

Commission.

o RSS acolyte and controversial writer, Dinanath Batra, has been appointed as Advisor on Education by BJP Government of Haryana.


Misogynist Modi Government- Mahila Virodhi, Narendra Modi!

Politics of BJP look at women not as individuals with rights and freedom of choice but as mere tools of

commodification. RSS thought process views love marriages between different communities as Love Jihad,

think of women as mere pawns for serving community purpose defined by a patriarchal mindset.

The misogynist attitude of the ruling party and its ideologues is exposed in the policies, actions and the acts of

omission during the last two years of BJP rule.

Fascist ideologies across the world have always followed a state policy of treating women as child

bearing machines rather than individual human beings.

In India, we find a chilling reflection of similar sentiments in the ideology of Sangh Parivar and in

the statements of leaders of BJP.

BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj declared that every Hindu woman should compulsorily have four

children. This sparked a bidding war of sorts. A BJP leader from Bengal, Shyamal Goswami, raised

this number to five, whereas Praveen Togadia of VHP urged Hindu women to have several

children. These ideas not only advocate unabashed racism and bigotry, but also denigrate women

by treating them as child producing machines.


Gender Insensitive Budget

Gender budgeting shows how Government prioritizes gender concerns. The fact that the share of gender

budgeting has remained stagnant at 4.5% of the total budget since last two years clearly indicates the

lack of concern of the current Government towards women. It has actually come down from 5.5% (BE) and

5.8% (RE) of the total budget allocation in 2013-14. Total allocation for the Ministry of Women and Child

Development in 2016-17 is 17,408 Crore, a mere 57 Crore increase from last years 17,351 Crore (RE)

RSS/ BJP ideology reinforces gender stereotypes

RSS Chief, Shri Mohan Bhagwats regressive statement that women should be just housewives and men

should be the bread winners is taken up as a cue by the ruling party policy makers to cut down on facilities

provided for working women as indicated in Union Budget (2016-17)

Funds for improvement in the working conditions of women/ children were reduced from 250 Cr in 2015-16 (out of which only 99.50Cr was spent) to 140 Cr in 2016-17

Funds for Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Scheme for children of working mothers were reduced from Rs. 205.94 Cr in 2015-16 to 150 Cr in 2016-17

Priyadarshini Scheme for women entrepreneurs has been scrapped. Undermining Mahatma Gandhi NREGA has severely affected rural women below poverty line.

Safety for women under the Modi Government remains an illusion

Though safety for women was a major election plank for the present regime, it seems to be forgotten like many other tall promises made by Shri Modi and his party colleagues. While the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) report for 2015 is not yet available, the report for the year 2014 report shows that there has a major increase of crime against women in 2014 as compared to the previous year.

The callous attitude of BJP towards women is reflected in the statements of its senior party leaders. While Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley calls Nirbhaya case a small incident, the BJP Chief Minister of Haryana, Shri M L Khattar, asks women to go around naked if they want freedom No wonder crime against women increased by 9.2% in 2014 compared to 2013. There was an increase of rape by 9%, and kidnapping and abduction by 10.5%.

Of all registered cases of serious crimes against women, the largest share was of domestic violence cases amounting to 36% of all cases. (Report of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, titled 'Women and Men in India, 2015'). Despite this zero funds were allocated for implementing Domestic Violence Act in the union budget.


Similarly, no funds were allocated for safety of women in public transport in 2016-17 compared to last years allocation of 653 Cr from the Nirbhaya fund.

Shri Modi promises smart cities but fails to give a safe capital to India

Delhi has become probably one of the most insecure cities in the world for women. Delhi Police data

reveals that there is 20% increase in crime against women in 2015.

Regressive and Confused Policy Makers

As in every other field, the BJP Government shows a complete lack of understanding of the ground

realities regarding condition of women resulting in confusion and lack of clarity in terms of formulating

policies.

In February 2016, Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt. Maneka Gandhi said that sex determination test should be made compulsory and every pregnant woman in the country would be tracked to prevent female feticide. Her comment indicated her complete lack of understanding about Indian realities and drew major flak.

In March 2016 Smt. Maneka Gandhi stated in Rajya Sabha that marital rape cannot be "suitably applied in the Indian context" due to factors like poverty, illiteracy and religious beliefs. In a complete volte-face, in April 2016, she said that her Government is considering criminalizing marital rape

Modi Government is showing complete lack of political will to pass the Women Reservation Bill though it was one of the major poll promises of Shri Modi. Introduced and passed in Rajya Sabha in 2008 during tenure of Congress party, the bill has not been taken up by a design by Modi Government in Lok Sabha, where it has majority.


Murder of Democracy & Subversion of Federalism

Uttarakhand

Legendry epic of Mahabharata records, Satyameveswaro Loke Satyaddharma Pratishtitaha Satya Moolani

Sarvani Satyam Nasti Param Padam. It means this world is based on only one thing i.e. truth and there is no

other better place than truth itself. There is no alternative to truth as it alone establishes the order in the

creation.

In the Indian political set up, whenever there has been any attempt to destabilise balance of power or to

subvert democratic principles, peoples will and judiciary have intervened to course correct. Yata dharmo,

tato jaya (where there is righteousness, there is victory) and Satyameva Jayate are the two cardinal principles

on which rests the Indian democracy.

The Uttarakhand High Court verdict, subsequent directions by the Supreme Court for the floor test, the

outcome of the confidence motion and finally the lifting of Presidents rule as a necessary consequence

thereof have put an end to the political uncertainty that was manufactured by the Modi government by

imposing Presidents rule in Uttarakhand on 27th March, 2016. Democracy has been restored not only in the

hill state but in the minds of people as well.

For 55 days between 18th March and 11th May, 2016; entire Nation witnessed grand standing, machiavellian

moves, open ended horse trading and a flurry of unsubstantiated stings and charges, all aimed at destabilizing

an elected government. Anti-Defection law and Constitution were reduced to a paper formality as nine rebel

MLAs of Congress Party openly defied the whip and sided with BJP. A Union Minister took them away on

Bharat Darshan in a chartered plane with active help and protection being provided by BJP governments of

Haryana and then Rajasthan. All this was happening as Governor asked Congress government to prove its


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majority in a floor test on 28th March, 2016. As the defector MLAs stood disqualified and failed to get relief

from court uptill 25th March, Modi government decided to help and impose Presidents rule in a hurriedly

called Union Cabinet on the night of 26th March, which was just 24 hours before the floor test in

Uttarakhand Assembly. All this proves one thing only. Blinded by the arrogance of power, Prime Minister

Narendra Modi and BJP government obliterated the principles of cooperative federalism completely.

The decision of the Modi government to impose Article 356 in Uttarakhand violated every guideline

formulated by the Supreme Court in the S R Bommai case. Unquestionable and universally accepted edict

of the courts is that floor of the House is the appropriate and the only forum to decide whether a government

enjoys the confidence of the House or not. Article 356 is to be used rarely and sparingly only when there is

complete breakdown of constitutional machinery. But where was the breakdown of the constitutional

machinery in Uttarakhand as alleged? If there was, indeed, any such evidence, why did the Modi government

not produce the same before the High Court and Supreme Court? Most importantly, Governor of

Uttarakhand, in none of his eight reports that he submitted to the Centre, had recommended for imposition of

Presidents rule. Yet, the Centre decided to topple a democratically elected government in its myopic anti-

Congress quest.

Whether the government in the State is a good government or not is not for the Centre to determine but for

the electorate to decide. Objectivity and absence of bias and not motivating factors and lack of trust can

ensure cooperative federalism between the Union and the States. The strategic process of grabbing power

through back channel means by throwing constitution and federalism to the winds should be stopped. The

Prime Minister and his party should control their greed for power. There is a famous saying Lobhascheda

Gunena kim pischunnata yadyashti kim patake which means if greed is part of a mans character, why should

he need other bad qualities; if there is wickedness, why want sins.

Arunachal Pradesh

When an elected State Congress Government with a 4/5th majority coinciding with the term of the BJP

Government at the Centre is summarily dismissed one year into its tenure, it becomes clear that the Prime

Minister and his party president are finding no other way to infiltrate the sensitive border state of

Arunachal. In gross disregard of the Constitution and processes standardized by the Bommai judgement,

a desperate BJP made the State Governor call a session of the assembly unilaterally without the aid and

advise of Council of Ministers. To add insult to injury, Assembly Session was then called illegally in a

hotel for the first time in the history of India, with a view to dismiss an elected Government.

Even as the Supreme Court continues to dwell upon the case, money and muscle power has been misused

to install a totally illegitimate Government based on blatant defections.


Anti Dalit Modi Sarkar!

The BJP/RSS worldview does not permit peaceful co-existence of downtrodden sections i.e SCs and STs.

Modi Government has continuously ignored these traditionally marginalized sections of the society. It not

only failed in its constitutional obligation to give them socio-economic justice, but relentlessly persecuted

them on some pretext or the other in the last two years.

Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi BJP RSS are infamous for Anti-Dalit and Anti-Scheduled Tribes

policies, ideology, decisions and mannerism. Subjugation and annihilation of rights of the deprived classes,

particularly Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes Backward Classes, is ingrained in the BJP RSS

mindset manifested by the thought process and action of none less than the Prime Minister of the country.

BJP/ RSS stood exposed with the call given by RSS Sarsanghchalak, Shri Mohan Bhagwat for

review of Reservation Policy for Backward Classes and Scheduled Castes. Prime Minister, Shri

Narendra Modi and his government are surreptitiously following the RSS agenda through its actions

and policies including systematic withdrawal of schemes for SCs/STs/BCs and by imposing budgetary

cuts.


Drastic cut in budgetary allocation for Scheduled Caste Sub Plan (SCSP)

and Tribal Sub Plan (TSP)

SCP and TSP outlays in various Budgets (in Crores of Rs)

Scheduled Castes Sub Plan (SCSP) and Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) are intended to bridge the development

gap between SC/ STs and general population through the allocation of budgetary resources in

proportion to their population. Substantial cut in SCSP and TSP compared to previous Congress

Governments budgetary allocations.

Matric Scholarship scheme for SCs and STs reduced from Rs 1904.78 Crore to Rs 1599 Crore.

The Congress Governments allocation in 2014-15 of Rs. 448 Crore for liberation and

rehabilitation of manual scavengers, drastically reduced to Rs.10 Crores in 2016-17 budget


Atrocities on SCs have jumped under Modi Government

Atrocities against SCs increased by 19% under BJP Government at the Centre, from 39,408 cases in 2013 to

47,064 cases in 2014. Two BJP ruled states of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh were among the top four states

accounting for increasing crime against Dalits, with their share of atrocities being 17.1% and 8.8%

respectively.

Systematic Victimization of Dalit Students


There is a systematic prejudice against students coming from downtrodden sections. It is more

pronounced in cases where such students are excelling in their own right.

Rohith Vermula, was an example and a victim of this bigotry as also intolerant attitude/undue

pressure exerted by the HRD Ministry to harass a student so much that he ended his life. Two union

ministers intervened and four letters were written to unleash the fury of a vindictive Government on

helpless dalit students, just on a matter of an altercation of students with ABVP leaders.

Union Minister makes Casteist Remarks Modiji Takes No Action

Union Minister, Gen VK Singh likened Dalit children burned alive in BJP-ruled state of Haryana to

dogs.

BJP Has Disenfranchised Scheduled Castes from their Political Rights

Panchayat Amendments: Last year, BJP ruled states of Haryana and Rajasthan have mandated

that all candidates for Panchayat polls must complete at least middle and secondary school. In

Rajasthan, the education criteria have debarred more than 93% of the Scheduled Castes women

and 82% Scheduled Castes overall from their Constitutional right of self-representation in a

democracy. The amendments also go against the 73rd Constitutional amendment that de-

centralized governance and ensured adequate representation of marginalized social groups such as

Dalits, Adivasis and women in the political process. These amendments were defended by the Prime

Minister in Parliament.


Anti Dalit mindset of Shri Narendra Modi dates back from Gujarat days

In a compilation of Shri Modis various speeches in a book titled Karmayoga in 2007, Shri Modi

infers that Valmiks do the job of manual scavenging out of choice, not due to socio-economic

impediments

At a function organized for the release of book titled Samajik Samrashta, Shri Modi drew parallel

between mentally retarded children and dalits

No meeting were held for SC/ ST sub plans for 10 years in Gujarat under Chief Ministership of Shri

Narendra Modi

Backlog of 27,900 vacancies of SCs and STs in the State of Gujarat as Shri Modi demitted charge of

Gujarat to become Prime Minister of India

Gujarat Government, under Shri Narendra Modi, did not provide any reservation for SCs in as many

as 600 villages out of a total of 12,000 villages in the 2012 Panchayati Raj elections.

Under Shri Narendra Modi, Gujarat had a lopsided reservation policy of district-wise reservation. In

Gujarat, districts instead of State were made the unit of implementation of reservation policy. Inter-

district filling of vacancies under reserve categories was not allowed, denying lakhs of job

opportunities to dalits and backward classes. Position continues till date.

Modi Government attacks the Rights of Tribals by diluting Forest Rights Act 2006

The Environment Ministry has done away with a clause that recognized the rights of local

communities over forests, especially tribals, and required the permission of Gram Sabhas to set up a

project in a forest area. This effectively means that the communities do not have a say in the matter

any longer.

Abolition of Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF) meant for 250 Backward Districts

including special provision for Bihar, J&K and Odisha.

In 2007, Congress Government created a special Fund called Backward Region Grant Fund

(BRGF) for 250 backward districts of India. In 2014-15, a budget of Rs.6,238 Crore (out of which

SC/ST component was Rs.2,076 Crore) was specially allocated for this purpose. These 250 Backward

districts are essentially SC/ST population districts. Shri Narendra Modi abolished the BRGF

Scheme in the Union Budget for 2015-16 altogether, hitting out at schemes meant for welfare of

poor/SCs/STs.


The Floundering Make in India Program

PMs frequent foreign tours fail to bring foreign investments in India

Contrary to the hype around FDI, Manufacturing FDI is actually down by nearly half in 17 key sub-

segments (Manufacturing related) during the last 2 years

-22.7%

-29.4%

-35.0%

-30.0%

-25.0%

-20.0%

-15.0%

-10.0%

-5.0%

0.0%

Apri-Dec 2014 Apr-Dec 2015

Growth versus Previous year, same period

Apri-Dec 2014 Apr-Dec 2015


Make in India remains merely a slogan

The Index of Industrial Production has also been on a low performance zone for more than a year now.

The future looks uncertain as well. NASSCOM has already said that hiring will reduce by 20% this year.

Following are the reasons why we believe that the Government has failed:-

Inability to support domestic demand: Instead of finding ways to expand the tax payer base or raise money through disinvestment, the Government has gone ahead with increasing excise duties on

petrol/diesel and new cesses on Service tax thereby pocketing money that could have stimulated local

demand. This has particularly hurt demand in Urban India

Poor Support to NREGA: In rural India, the Government slept through 2 droughts and woke up only late last year and began to support the NREGA program that PM had called Monumental

symbol of Congress failures. The slow pace of NREGA spends meant that rural demand was

squeezed out too.

Floundering Commerce Strategy: While we struggle to grow jobs and lose export market share, the Commerce ministry has been struggling to put in place any FTAs that would protect the Industry.

Further, little additional support has been provided to exporters to compete in the international

markets

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0.50%

1.00%

1.50%

2.00%

2.50%

3.00%

Apr-Feb 2015 Apr-Feb 2016

Growth over previous year, same period

Growth over previous year, same period


Skill India:

The seriousness of the ministry should be

questioned. On being allocated Rs 1543

Crores in 2015-16, the ministry spent only

1037.6 Crores (Budget document). The

department is yet to unveil either a vision or

strategy that clarifies its role in supporting

the Make in India program

Higher Taxes: The Governments

contribution has been higher taxes for the

urban Indian and ignoring the rural Indian

leading to a demand squeeze for Indian

industry.

The Governments contribution has

been higher taxes for the urban Indian

and ignoring the rural Indian leading to

a demand squeeze for Indian industry.

The fact is there is more hype than

reality particularly when Shri Modi is in

power.


Un-Smart solutions for Smart Cities!

Not NDAs policy innovation

The smart city idea is not the NDA Governments policy innovation, except for the touted number of

100, which in reality is only 20. The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) had smart cities in its

plans since 2011. Moreover, Shri Kamal Nath, the Urban Development minister in the Congress

Government had already announced in 2012 that smart cities would be a feature of the proposed second

phase of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) now renamed as Atal Mission for

Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation


Prima facie it only seems to be a project for telecom and IT giants and luxury builders to invest money

where profits are guaranteed by the public exchequer.

Mere Relabeling of Smart Urbanization as Smart Cities

No urban development project has been more confusing and misleading than the Smart City scheme.

The Smart City project in its present form is a recipe for skewed development rather than a vision for a

sound urban future.

The Government did not conceptualize Smart Cities as an integrated urban planning project that would

transform Indias ageing civic infrastructure, mobilize technology to improve environmental performance

and enhance the quality of city life.

Smart Cities are castles in the air!

The Smart Cities concept as spelt

two years of failed promises & lies of modi govt

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