BJP schemes emerge from bureaucracy, Congress’ from people: Rahul Gandhi

TIL Desk/National/Waynad/ Taking a dig at the BJP government at the Centre, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said the previous UPA government’s ambitious programmes such as the rural job guarantee scheme emerged from the people, whereas the Narendra-Modi-led dispensation’s schemes were formulated by bureaucrats.

Mr. Gandhi criticised the ‘centalised’ rule of the BJP-led government, comparing it with that of the former UPA governments. Citing the MGNREGA scheme, which he said had been formulated based on people’s inputs during UPA rule, he claimed that the present government’s demonetisation decision came from PM Modi’s mind and was implemented without consulting the people or the banking system.

He said this while interacting with the Congress-led UDF’s representatives of the local bodies in this hill district, at Kalpetta. While responding to a question from one of the participants, Rahul Gandhi said, “I completely agree with you. A lot of schemes are done in a centralised manner, and they are actually not effective because panchayat participation in designing the scheme and thinking about the scheme is not there.