New Delhi: Claiming that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government at the Centre has taken over 25 U-turns in 180 days in government, the Congress on Monday released a booklet stating how the government has gone back on its poll promises. While calling it a "U-turn government", Congress leader Ajay Maken named three latest U-turns by the Centre in a press conference on Monday.
The first U-turn as specified by Maken was that Home Minister Rajnath Singh during the poll campaign had said that the country needs to know what were the circumstances and the facts of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's death. Despite its earlier stand, the government in a reply to a recent RTI, has refused to make the documents public in connection with the mysterious death of the freedom fighter.
"Congress asks Rajnath Singh and BJP what happened now? Should the BJP and Rajnath not apologise to the people of India for misleading them," Maken said.
The Centre's stand on land swapping deal in Assam with Bangladesh was quoted as the second U-turn by the government. He questioned how the same members of the BJP who objected to the Congress's stand on the land deal, are now accepting the same terms and how their legal sense has changed within just six months.
"BJP has always opposed Bangladesh influx issue wen Congress was in power but now they have taken a U-turn on the same. It seems that the BJP only wanted to politicise the Bangladesh issue," Maken said.
Government's stand on Civil Nuclear Liability Bill was stated as the third of the latest U-turns by the government.
Maken also attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his promise that black money will be brought back within 100 days and Rs 15 lakh will be credited in everyone account. "We are waiting when will Rs 15 lakh be credited to our accounts as was said by Modi," Maken mocked the PM.
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