Summary:
The Congress Working Committee (CWC), on Tuesday, accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of exploiting the issue of national security in a bid to divert attention from “his failures and falsehoods”. This was also the first CWC meet for Priyanka Gandhi. Addressing the CWC meet, former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh expressed concern over the state of the Indian economy, and in particular, the agricultural sector, a participant said. Sharma accused the Modi government of “monumental mismanagement” of economy, and described joblessness, agrarian crisis, and farm distress as issues of grave concern. “The Congress Party expresses its strong disappointment that the Prime Minister is cynically exploiting the issue of national security, on which we are all united, to divert attention from his colossal failures, bogus claims, and persistent falsehoods,” a resolution adopted by the CWC said..