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PM attacks BJP, says 'men of envy' disparage everything
Friday March 08, 2013 02:45:16 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Expressing
confidence that growth would bounce back to 7-8 percent, Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday that the opposition should be
more objective in assessing the work of the government. An acerbic
Manmohan Singh also said "men of envy" disparage everything.
"I agree to Leader of Opposition Arun Jaitley saying that country
needs a growth of 7-8 percent to get rid of poverty. I would like
to remind this house that this is precisely the intention of the
UPA government," Manmohan Singh said in the Rajya Sabha.
"The Congress government in early nineties opened up our economy
and the path of economic reforms to create an environment for
rapid industrialization," he said while replying to the debate on
the motion of thanks to the president's address.
"Mr. Jaitley should be more objective in assessing work of UPA
government whether agriculture, growth rate or industrialization
as the record of the UPA speaks for itself and we don't have to go
in more details," he said.
Attacking the opposition, Manmohan Singh said: "When men are full
of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad."
Referring to the growth rate during the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in 1998-2004,
Manmohan Singh said: "Growth rate in the country has been highest
since the UPA came to power and it is only in 2012-13 that growth
rate will be 5 percent."
"We are confident that the growth will bounce back with our
efforts to 7 to 8 percent. If leader of opposition, colleagues
reflect calmly they will conclude that the path we have chosen is
the right path," he said.
He said the government was doing everything possible for farmers
and growth in agriculture had increased during the last few years.
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