Since the run-up to the Lok Sabha election campaign in 2014, BJP keep trying to create a narrative that says 60 years of Congress rule ruined the India. After 2014, the new narrative is, all the development in India till now is just because of Modi.
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Let us check few achievements of the previous govts including that of A B Vajpayee in developing India before Modi& #39;s arrival.
In 1947, poverty level in the country was around 75% of the then population of nearly 34 cr. In 2011-12, it came down to 21.9% of 1.25 billion.
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In 1947, poverty level in the country was around 75% of the then population of nearly 34 cr. In 2011-12, it came down to 21.9% of 1.25 billion.
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Total export value in 1950-51 was Rs.606 crore. When Modi became the PM, he inherited a country which exported goods and services worth Rs.19.05 lakh crore a year before.
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The founding fathers of India created a strong foundation and the ones came after them added to the process. PM Modi has inherited an India with a much stronger economy than it was after independence, a functional democracy and a nation with entrepreneurial zeal +
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which can compete with the best in the world. And to not give any credit to the Congress party for all this is either political opportunism or ignorance of someone unfamiliar with the political, economic and social history of India since independence. 16/n
Data Ref: RBI Documents, Planning Commission Reports, NITI Aayog reports and Economic Surveys.
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