Bihar Assembly elections | Chidambaram calls out BJP for mocking RJD’s poll promise
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“After mocking the RJD for promising to create 10 lakh jobs, the NDA has promised to create 19 lakh jobs in Bihar if elected,” the previous Finance Minister stated.
Senior Congress chief P. Chidambaram on Friday took a dig on the BJP for “mocking” RJD over its 10 lakh jobs promise after which itself speaking about creating 19 lakh jobs in its Bihar election manifesto, saying he didn’t know that 19 was a smaller quantity than 10.
In its Bihar election manifesto launched on Thursday, the BJP sought to achieve out to the youth with the promise of 19 lakh jobs within the subsequent 5 years.
“After mocking the RJD for promising to create 10 lakh jobs, the NDA has promised to create 19 lakh jobs in Bihar if elected,” Mr. Chidambaram tweeted.
“I did not know that 19 was a smaller number than 10. I think I should go back to primary school,” he stated.
In one other tweet, the previous Finance Minister additionally attacked the federal government over the state of the economic system.
“Principal Economic Adviser, Dr Sanyal, has joined the three distinguished gentlemen in trying to ‘talk up’ the economy,” he stated and cited that 34 out of 39 economists polled by a information company have stated that that the fiscal stimulus “does not go far enough to significantly boost” the economic system.
“Are the PM and FM listening?” Mr. Chidambaram requested.
After the RBI Governor, SEBI chief and the DEA secretary spoke on the economic system, Mr. Chidambaram on Thursday had taken a dig at them, saying he needs the economic system was a “circus lion” that might reply to the stick of the ringmaster.
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