Keeping up attack, BJP says Congress facing 'crisis of credibility'

NEW DELHI: The BJP on Saturday stepped up attack on Congress over its chief's remarks about poll promises, saying that the it stands for credibility of promises under Modi's leadership while Congress for crisis of credibility.

The BJP launched a fresh attack a day after Mallikarjun Kharge claimed that "Modi ki guarantee" was a cruel joke on people after the Prime Minister Narendra Modi seized on the Congress president's advice to his state colleagues that they should be guided by budgetary constraints in making poll promises, the BJP made a fresh charge.

Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters, BJP MP and national spokesperson, Sudhanshu Trivedi said he ruling party had gradually stepped up the scope of its welfare schemes, ranging from health insurance to free grains and cash transfer for farmers, by resorting to first creation of wealth followed by its distribution as the size of the Indian economy grew over the past decade.


"We believe in first the creation of wealth and distribution. The Congress stands for creation of corruption and destruction of wealth," he said.