INDIA alliance has no nationalistic thinking: Piyush Goyal

Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday attacked Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on his speech a day earlier stating that the INDI alliance has no nationalistic thinking and no positive agenda to offer to the people of the countryGoyal who is also the commerce and industry minister said Gandhi made all baseless claims during his speechThe countrys economy was in bad shape when the Modi government took charge in 2014 he saidGandhi on Monday said an atmosphere of fear prevails all around with a group of six trapping the entire country in a chakravyuh and promised that the INDIA bloc will break itVery clearly the speech of Mr Rahul Gandhi yesterday Monday demonstrated that just to cast aspersions or make certain barbs on constitutional authorities and persons in the country he has clearly showed that the socalled INDI alliance UPA in its new name has no nationalist thinking and except for making irrational claims and demands they have no positive agenda to offer to the people of India Goyal told reportersGoyal added that the Lok Sabha Speaker had to repeatedly tell the Leader of Opposition to maintain the dignity of the House and not to make baseless claimsThe minister added that Gandhis speech has only demonstrated the hollow thinking of the UPAGoyal said when the UPA was in power it did not implement the legal guarantee for the minimum support price MSP for farmers an issue that is raised often both inside and outside the HouseHe added that the Modi government inherited a weak economy and weak fundamentals from the UPA regimeBut with the series of measures the NDA government pushed Indias economy from fragile five to the top five economies of the world and soon we will become the third largestHe alleged that the UPA government did nothing during its tenyear rule They UPA brought the country and people to their knees in terms of quality of life equity inclusive growth and welfare of farmers Goyal said adding We saw crony capitalism at its worst with series of corruption scandalsBoth the Gandhi family and the party are completely bereft of the facts the minister allegedBut the Modi government he said strengthened the Indian economy and now the world is looking at India as a beacon of hopeOn Gandhis allegation with regard to tax terrorism the commerce minister said through retrospective taxation the UPA regime weakened India as an investment destinationHe added that procurement of paddy and wheat has jumped multiple times during the NDA regimeSadly it is Mr Rahul Gandhi through his irresponsible statements childish and fake narrative that he seeks to present with a broken track record of governance and failed economic policies which almost brought India to its knees Goyal saidOn Gandhis Halwa statement the minister said it was in bad taste and I condemn thisThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever