Grade F for performance, A+ for self-promotion, says Rahul

New Delhi, May 26

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday led the criticism of the BJP-led NDA government, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a master communicator but had problems dealing with complex issues.

In a tweet marking four years of the Modi government, Gandhi generously awarded “F” (failed) grades to the government on most indicators giving A+ only on counts of sloganeering and self promotion. “4 year Report Card: Agriculture: F; Foreign Policy: F; Fuel Prices: F; Job Creation: F; Slogan Creation: A+; Self Promotion: A+ Yoga: B-. Remarks: Master communicator; struggles with complex issues; short attention span,” Gandhi tweeted after BJP president Amit Shah claimed electoral victories as a mark of the PM’s continuing popularity.

The Congress, however, differed with Shah with the party’s media chairman Randeep Surjewala arguing that the PM’s electoral power was waning. “Ten Lok Sabha byelections have been held in the past four years. The BJP has lost all of these. The Congress has won four. When the BJP came to power in 2014, it had 282 MPs in the Lok Sabha. Today it has 279,” Surjewala said in response to Shah’s claims.

The Congress also fielded veterans Ashok Gehlot and Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday to attack the BJP government on various issues with Azad raising concerns on the prevailing national security scenario. “This PM got the maximum votes in the name of national security and national security is the weakest under him. Kashmir has seen more armed personnel and civilian casualties, more international border ceasefire violations under the BJP rule than ever in the past.”

The Congress leaders attacked the PM on each of his pre-2014 Lok Sabha poll promises seeking answers and accusing the former of “lying”. The booklet the party released asked questions like “Can the BJP name any crop where an MSP equaling cost of production plus 50 per cent profit was given to the farmer as the PM promised pre-2014?” — TNS