PM splurges on publicity to hide failures: Mayawati

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of wasting public money for self promotion.

The former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister tweeted: “Modi was busy mostly in laying foundation stones for various projects. He has spent Rs 3,044 crore on publicity.

पीएम श्री मोदी ज्यादातर शिलान्यास आदि में ही लगातार व्यस्त रहे और प्रचार-प्रसार पर 3044 करोड़ खर्च किया। इस सरकारी धन से उत्तर प्रदेश जैसे पिछड़े राज्य के हर गांव में शिक्षा व अस्पताल की व्यवस्था हो सकती थी लेकिन बीजेपी के लिये प्रचार का ज्यादा तहत्त्व है शिक्षा व जनहित का नहीं।

— Mayawati (@Mayawati) March 16, 2019

“Instead, this government could have used this money for education and better medical facilities in every village of backward states like Uttar Pradesh.

बीजेपी व पीएम श्री मोदी अपनी सरकार की नाकामियों व घोर विफलताओं पर से लोगों का ध्यान बांटने व गरीबी एवं बेरोजगारी आदि के जनहित के मुद्दे को असली चुनावी बहस बनने से रोकने के लिये हर प्रकार के गढ़े मुर्दे उखाड़ने की कोशिाश में लगे हुये हैं जो अतिनिन्दनीय है। जनता सावधान रहे।

— Mayawati (@Mayawati) March 16, 2019

“However, for the BJP, there is no greater emphasis that is needed than on itself.”

The tweets of the 63-year-old Dalit leader was in Hindi. “BJP and PM are hell bent on deflecting the attention of people from the failures of their government,” she added.

The ruling party at the Centre, which is also at the helm in her state has “miserably failed to address serious issues like unemployment and poverty”, she said. “They run away from any kind of public debate,” she added.

Cautioning people from falling into the BJP’s trap, Mayawati said these were mere tactics to divert people’s attention from the real issues in public discourse.

The BJP was also “digging up all sorts of skeletons in cupboards” of opposition parties, she pointed out, and condemned the ploy.

By IANS