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The Congress yesterday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party government of making repeated U-turns during the six months it has been in power. |
Congress general secretary Ajay Maken released a booklet listing 25 U-turns that the party said the government has made against the stand the Bharatiya Janata Party took on issues when it was in the opposition.
“This government has made 25 U-turns in the last around 180 days. That’s an average of one U-turn every seven to eight days,” Maken said.
According to the Congress, the first U-turn was about Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s demand during the Lok Sabha poll campaign to unveil facts regarding Subhas Chandra Bose’s mysterious death.
Maken alleged that after the BJP came to power, the government has refused to release any document related to the circumstances in which the freedom fighter died.
Maken was referring to the government’s response to a Right to Information query that sought such information.
“As you (the BJP) had asked the UPA government to give answers (regarding Bose’s death), what about you now that you are in power? Shouldn’t you says sorry to the nation?” he asked.
The Congress also hit out at the government’s stance on the land swap deal with Bangladesh, terming it another U-turn.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced in Assam that the government would go ahead with the deal along the Bangladesh border in Assam, which he said could contain the influx of refugees from Bangladesh.
Maken said the Congress had proposed the same solution when it was in power but Arun Jaitley, who is now the finance minister, had then criticised the deal.
“Your (Jaitley’s) legal knowledge and legal sense as a leader of the opposition is different from now when you are in power,” Maken said.