Ahmedabad: Former prime minister and senior Congress leader Manmohan Singh on Tuesday lashed out at the Narendra Modi government over the launch of bullet train project by calling it an “exercise in vanity”. The Opposition has sharpened its attack on the Modi government over a range of issues including demonetisation, Goods and Service Tax, economic slowdown and others.
Singh also questioned Modi on whether he considered alternative of the high speed train by upgrading broad gauge railway. “By questioning bullet trains does one become anti-development? Does questioning GST and demonetisation make one a tax evader. This attitude of suspecting everyone to be thief or anti-national, low level rhetoric is damaging to democratic discourse,” Singh said.
Singh also questioned Modi on whether he considered alternative of the high speed train by upgrading broad gauge railway. “By questioning bullet trains does one become anti-development? Does questioning GST and demonetisation make one a tax evader. This attitude of suspecting everyone to be thief or anti-national, low level rhetoric is damaging to democratic discourse,” Singh said.