Ahead of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s national executive meeting in Mumbai, party president Nitin Gadkari, in an interview with Sanjay Jog, says the Manmohan Singh government has failed to provide relief to the people, who are reeling under corruption and high inflation.
Here are some edited excerpts:
The BJP national executive meeting is scheduled to take place within two days of the completion of three years of the United Progressive Alliance government’s second term. What do you think of the performance of the Congress-led government at the Centre?
I think it is for the people of this country to judge the performance of UPA-II. All of you in the media and other opinion makers should also judge the performance. If I say something, you will accuse me of indulging in government-bashing.
I have seen the report card presented by the government. There is hardly anything positive in it. In fact, the media reports, perhaps for the first time, have painted a true picture of the first three years of the Congress-led UPA government.
It is a pathetic picture of the dismal performance of the Mannohan Singh government. I am sorry to say this, but the fact is today, India is like a rudderless ship whose captain has lost his sense of direction and is thinking of abandoning it before it sinks midstream.