Commerce
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said Congress Vice President Rahul
Gandhi should come up with "substantive arguments" to
criticise the government's Make In India programme rather than
ridiculing its logo. "Demagoguery may be good in election
campaigns, but when you are in Parliament, we expect you to come up
with concrete criticisms for which we will give reply. But to throw
something like this may amuse some members, but overall it just
projects the leader as not having gone into greater details,"
she told PTI. She was responding to the remarks of Gandhi who
ridiculed the lion logo of Make In India as Narendra Modi's "babbar
sher". The Congress VP during a debate in Parliament had made
fun of Modi's ambitious 'Make in India' programme, saying Prime
Minister has "created a babbar sher' (Asiatic Lion)" in
which "clock and wheels are seen moving". Sitharaman said
it was saddening that the vice president of the Congress party, which
had ruled the country, was speaking in such a manner without
substantive argument. "This (Make In India) is a very good
attempt. You are seeing how it is bringing in greater investments
into the country, how manufacturing is improving... To ridicule much
before this initiative is understood, is a sad development. "I
wish, if he wants to criticise, Rahul Gandhi should come up with
substantive argument. To say that Babbar Sher aa jate hain (lions
appear) doesn't help," she said. Make In India, which was
launched on September 25, 2014, aims at making the country a hub for
global manufacturing. The government has undertaken various
initiatives to make India an attractive destination for foreign
investment and has taken several steps to promote ease of doing
business.
BULLION ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS MODI The Bombay Bullion Association Ltd (BBA), the apex body of bullion and jewellery bodies in the country, has announced its support for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as BJP's prime ministerial candidate. BBA president Mohit Kamboj along with some others joined BJP in the presence of senior party leader Gopinath Munde here yesterday. BBA had extended its support to Modi as the UPA government had brought about a "policy paralysis" in the economy, Kamboj said. "There are over 50 lakh workers associated with the bullion and gold industry, which has been facing the brunt of the current policies of the UPA government. "We at BBA strongly believe that a Modi-led NDA government would normalise the industry by introducing friendly policies," he added. Members of Bharat Diamond Bourse have said they will host Modi at a function at Bandra-Kurla Complex here on Sept. 30. BJP president Rajnath Singh had last ...
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