A+ only in ‘slogan creation,’ says Rahul.

Countering the BJP’s “Saaf Niyat, Sahi Vikas” (Clean Intentions, Right Development) campaign to mark the completion of four years in office, the Congress has coined the tagline ‘India Betrayed’, raising 40 questions on the “failed promises” of the Narendra Modi government.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi in a tweet said the BJP government had got A+ only in “slogan creation” and “self-promotion.”

‘Abysmal report card’

Tweeting a ‘report card’ of the government, he said the government had got F-grade or failed in agriculture, foreign policy, fuel prices and job creation. Only in “slogan creation” and “self-promotion” did the government get an A+.

Under ‘final remarks’, Mr. Gandhi said: “Master communicator; struggles with complex issues; short attention span.”

Responding to the BJP’s ‘Saaf Niyat, Sahi Vikas’ campaign to mark the NDA government’s four years in power, Congress’ communications chief Randeep Surjewala said in last four years, the BJP government’s popularity had dipped.

“The BJP is the only party in Indian political history which came to power with 282 seats in 2014 but is now down to 269 seats in the Lok Sabha. The BJP lost all the 10 Lok Sabha bypolls held in last two years. Four of these were won by the Congress and six by other opposition parties,” Mr. Surjewala said. He was speaking at a press conference in the national capital along with Congress general secretaries Ashok Gehlot and Ghulam Nabi Azad, highlighting the BJP government’s failures.

‘Fudged statistics’

The Congress claimed that the BJP had failed in its promises and was now using fudged statistics to paint a rosy picture. “For all their lies, people have started replying to the BJP using their votes. I am happy that it all started with Gujarat and we saw it in Karnataka too. Now we will see a similar response in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh,” Mr. Azad said.

The Congress, however, was non-committal about pre-poll alliances with other opposition parties ahead of the 2019 general elections, evading questions on whether the party will follow the template for the bypoll next week in Kairana in U.P.