Govt ran away from debate on China, inflation, unemployment: Congress

India

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New
Delhi,
Dec
23:
Congress
president
Mallikarjun
Kharge
on
Friday
accused
the
government
of
running
away
from
a
debate
on
issues
such
as
Chinese
transgressions,
inflation
and
unemployment
and
said
this
shows
its
“governance
failure”.

He
also
alleged
the
Modi
government
is
“rattled”
by
the
“immense
support”
the
Bharat
Jodo
Yatra
is
getting,
and
is
finding
excuses
to
stop
it.

Chairing
a
meeting
of
top
leaders
on
ways
to
strengthen
the
organisation
and
to
take
forward
the
party’s
soon-to-be
launched
outreach
initiative
as
a
follow-up
to
the
Yatra,
Kharge
said
the
Opposition
put
forward
16
major
issues
during
the
Winter
Session
but
the
Modi
government
did
not
agree
to
hold
a
debate
on
even
one
of
them.

The
entire
Opposition
kept
demanding
a
discussion
on
national
security,
inflation,
unemployment
but
the
government
“kept
running
away”,
giving
one
fabricated
excuse
after
the
other.

“One
thing
is
definitely
worth
noting
that
whether
it
is
the
question
of
China’s
transgressions
or
providing
employment
to
the
youth,
whether
it
is
the
rising
inflation
or
any
other
important
issue
related
to
people,
the
government
could
not
answer
on
any
one
of
them,”
the
Congress
president
said.

“In
the
name
of
reply,
there
were
only
personal
attacks
from
the
BJP.
This
is
a
proof
of
the
Modi
government’s
colossal
governance
failure,”
he
alleged.
Talking
about
the
Bharat
Jodo
Yatra,
Kharge
said
it
is
creating
history
and
is
getting
“immense
support”
from
the
people.
“Due
to
this,
the
Modi
government
is
very
rattled
and
is
finding
excuses
to
create
impediments
for
the
yatra.”

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He
also
urged
Pradesh
Congress
committees
to
ensure
that
the
panels
that
they
form
are
based
on
merit.
Rajasthan
Chief
Minister
Ashok
Gehlot,
Chhattisgarh
CM
Bhupesh
Baghel,
general
secretary
(organisation)
K
C
Venugopal,
Leader
of
the
House
in
Lok
Sabha
Adhir
Ranjan
Chowdhury,
and
other
general
secretaries
including
Randeep
Surjewala,
Mukul
Wasnik,
Kumari
Selja,
Tariq
Anwar,
Avinash
Pandey
were
present
at
the
meeting.

Party
treasurer
Pawan
Kumar
Bansal,
Jitendra
Singh
and
all
PCC
presidents
and
CLP
leaders
were
also
present.
The
Congress
has
decided
to
launch
to
reach
out
to
every
household
across
the
country
after
the
yatra
concluded
late
next
month.