BJP govt is Congress plus a cow: BJP leader Arun Shourie
"The way to charaterise policies of the government is - Congress plus a cow. Policies are the same," Shourie said at book launch function.
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By: PTI | New Delhi | Updated: October 27, 2015 10:19 am
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Pointing out differences between the present and the previous governments, Shourie said “there is clearer belief (in the present dispensation) that managing economy means managing the headlines and this is not really going to work.”
In a sharp attack on the Narendra Modi government, BJP leader Arun Shourie on Monday contended that it believes that managing economy means “managing the headlines” and that people had started recalling the days of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
“Doctor Singh (Manmohan Singh) ko log yaad karne lag gaye hain (People have started recalling the days of Manmohan Singh). The way to charaterise policies of the government is – Congress plus a cow. Policies are the same,” Shourie said at book launch function.
The function to launch ‘Turn of The Tortoise’, a book written by former Business Standard Editor-in-Chief T N Ninan, was attended by Manmohan Singh, Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subranamian and former Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran.
Pointing out differences between the present and the previous governments, Shourie said “there is clearer belief (in the present dispensation) that managing economy means managing the headlines and this is not really going to work.”
Targeting Modi, the minister in the Vajpayee government said, “I feel there was never a weaker a PMO as now”. He said “there has never been as great a centralisation of functions, not power, of functions in PMO as now. …If fellows don’t dont have domain expertise, that Brajesh Mishra had, L K Jha had, all these principal secretaries had, then things get stuck.”
WATCH VIDEO – More is said that done in the present government – Shourie
Shourie said, “everybody is busy and everybody is doing very hard work, but it is not resulting in two there big things that was problem at that time(UPA government time).”
Elaborating, he said, “If you see impediments that were there in tax administration, virtually no change… Banking reform has been delayed by year and a half for no reason. So therefore this tortoise is very generous metaphor. Ye to so hi jata hai (this tortoise goes to sleep).” He claimed that industrialists are afraid of speaking against the government.
“The industrialists who meet the Prime Minister don’t speak whole truth. After meeting PM, they wonder what is happening and say ‘please do something’. And in front of media they give the government 9 out of 10,” Shourie claimed. Shourie noted that Parliament has become alibi for not doing anything.
While taking digs at the Modi government, Shourie said it should embrace everybody instead of fighting. “Don’t get into fight with everyone. If you want to build Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, you require support of 5 Chief Ministers,” he said.
Speaking at the event, Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian said the work on the draft bankruptcy law is at an advanced stage. Noting that India is one of unique development models, Subramanian said India is “a precautious development model” in both economic and political sense.
“India is a country which is not following normal economic development model…India is growing by defying its comparative advantage,” he said. “We have lots of space to grow using our cheap labour. If we don’t do stupid things then we can grow very rapidly,” he said.
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All India | Written by Sreenivasan Jain | Updated: October 27, 2015 01:30 IST
Arun Shourie claimed that industrialists are afraid of speaking against the government.
NEW DELHI: Former Union Minister Arun Shourie today launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, saying that its "lack of direction is making people miss Dr Manmohan Singh", referring to the former Prime Minister.
Mr Shourie, once a vocal supporter of Mr Modi, made these comments during a panel discussion following the launch of a book in Delhi authored by TN Ninan, the editor of the Business Standard. The discussion was moderated by NDTV's Managing Editor, Sreenivasan Jain.
"People say, at least Dr Singh was wise," said Mr Shourie. Dr Manmohan Singh was in the audience when these comments were made.
When asked how he would distinguish the NDA from the UPA, Mr Shourie described the policies of PM Modi's government as "Congress scaled plus a cow", an acerbic comment on the BJP's repeated invoking of cow protection after the mob-killing of a man in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri last month over rumours that he had eaten beef.
"The policies (between the NDA and UPA) are the same," said Mr Shourie. "The difference really is that there is a firmer, clearer belief that managing the economy means managing the headlines of the economy, and this is not really going to work."
He assessed the current Prime Minister's Office as "the weakest" so far and said there was no one with "domain expertise to manage the PMO."
Arun Shourie claimed that industrialists are afraid of speaking against the government. "The industrialists who meet the Prime Minister don't speak whole truth. After meeting PM, they wonder what is happening and say 'please do something'. And in front of media they give the government 9 out of 10," Mr Shourie said.
Also at the event, the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government Arvind Subramanian responded to Mr Shourie saying, "I can't second guess the constraints of those above my pay grade." He said "the tenor of the discussion misrepresents macroeconomic stability we have achieved."
Mr Shourie, however, was not to be constrained. He advised the Prime Minster to "stop picking a new fight every day". "To run the country," he said, "you need to take people along."Story First Published: October 26, 2015 23:15 IST
"The way to charaterise policies of the government is - Congress plus a cow. Policies are the same," Shourie said at book launch function.
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By: PTI | New Delhi | Updated: October 27, 2015 10:19 am
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Pointing out differences between the present and the previous governments, Shourie said “there is clearer belief (in the present dispensation) that managing economy means managing the headlines and this is not really going to work.”
In a sharp attack on the Narendra Modi government, BJP leader Arun Shourie on Monday contended that it believes that managing economy means “managing the headlines” and that people had started recalling the days of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
“Doctor Singh (Manmohan Singh) ko log yaad karne lag gaye hain (People have started recalling the days of Manmohan Singh). The way to charaterise policies of the government is – Congress plus a cow. Policies are the same,” Shourie said at book launch function.
The function to launch ‘Turn of The Tortoise’, a book written by former Business Standard Editor-in-Chief T N Ninan, was attended by Manmohan Singh, Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subranamian and former Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran.
Pointing out differences between the present and the previous governments, Shourie said “there is clearer belief (in the present dispensation) that managing economy means managing the headlines and this is not really going to work.”
Targeting Modi, the minister in the Vajpayee government said, “I feel there was never a weaker a PMO as now”. He said “there has never been as great a centralisation of functions, not power, of functions in PMO as now. …If fellows don’t dont have domain expertise, that Brajesh Mishra had, L K Jha had, all these principal secretaries had, then things get stuck.”
WATCH VIDEO – More is said that done in the present government – Shourie
Shourie said, “everybody is busy and everybody is doing very hard work, but it is not resulting in two there big things that was problem at that time(UPA government time).”
Elaborating, he said, “If you see impediments that were there in tax administration, virtually no change… Banking reform has been delayed by year and a half for no reason. So therefore this tortoise is very generous metaphor. Ye to so hi jata hai (this tortoise goes to sleep).” He claimed that industrialists are afraid of speaking against the government.
“The industrialists who meet the Prime Minister don’t speak whole truth. After meeting PM, they wonder what is happening and say ‘please do something’. And in front of media they give the government 9 out of 10,” Shourie claimed. Shourie noted that Parliament has become alibi for not doing anything.
While taking digs at the Modi government, Shourie said it should embrace everybody instead of fighting. “Don’t get into fight with everyone. If you want to build Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, you require support of 5 Chief Ministers,” he said.
Speaking at the event, Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian said the work on the draft bankruptcy law is at an advanced stage. Noting that India is one of unique development models, Subramanian said India is “a precautious development model” in both economic and political sense.
“India is a country which is not following normal economic development model…India is growing by defying its comparative advantage,” he said. “We have lots of space to grow using our cheap labour. If we don’t do stupid things then we can grow very rapidly,” he said.
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/bjp-govt-is-congress-plus-a-cow-never-seen-a-weaker-a-pmo-says-arun-shourie/#sthash.8vkitlMu.dpuf
NDA Government is Congress Plus a Cow, Says Arun Shourie
All India | Written by Sreenivasan Jain | Updated: October 27, 2015 01:30 IST
Arun Shourie claimed that industrialists are afraid of speaking against the government.
NEW DELHI: Former Union Minister Arun Shourie today launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, saying that its "lack of direction is making people miss Dr Manmohan Singh", referring to the former Prime Minister.
Mr Shourie, once a vocal supporter of Mr Modi, made these comments during a panel discussion following the launch of a book in Delhi authored by TN Ninan, the editor of the Business Standard. The discussion was moderated by NDTV's Managing Editor, Sreenivasan Jain.
"People say, at least Dr Singh was wise," said Mr Shourie. Dr Manmohan Singh was in the audience when these comments were made.
When asked how he would distinguish the NDA from the UPA, Mr Shourie described the policies of PM Modi's government as "Congress scaled plus a cow", an acerbic comment on the BJP's repeated invoking of cow protection after the mob-killing of a man in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri last month over rumours that he had eaten beef.
"The policies (between the NDA and UPA) are the same," said Mr Shourie. "The difference really is that there is a firmer, clearer belief that managing the economy means managing the headlines of the economy, and this is not really going to work."
He assessed the current Prime Minister's Office as "the weakest" so far and said there was no one with "domain expertise to manage the PMO."
Arun Shourie claimed that industrialists are afraid of speaking against the government. "The industrialists who meet the Prime Minister don't speak whole truth. After meeting PM, they wonder what is happening and say 'please do something'. And in front of media they give the government 9 out of 10," Mr Shourie said.
Also at the event, the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government Arvind Subramanian responded to Mr Shourie saying, "I can't second guess the constraints of those above my pay grade." He said "the tenor of the discussion misrepresents macroeconomic stability we have achieved."
Mr Shourie, however, was not to be constrained. He advised the Prime Minster to "stop picking a new fight every day". "To run the country," he said, "you need to take people along."Story First Published: October 26, 2015 23:15 IST
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