Economic survey depressing, President’s address insipid : P Chidambaram

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The Congress on Monday tore into the Central government’s claims on its handling of the economy, hours after President Ram Nath Kovind addressed Parliament and the Economic Survey was tabled in the House. Calling Economic Survey 2017-18 “a refreshingly candid document that has brought to surface the internal contradictions within the government”, former Finance Minister P Chidambaram said the NDA government, after nearly four years in office, has “admitted that it has failed to address the challenges in education, employment and agriculture and hopes to do so in the last year of its five-year term.”

Describing the President’s address as “deeply disappointing” and “insipid”, Congress leader Anand Sharma said it was time for the government to give an account after nearly four years in office. “But, surely, the President of India in his address could not have given an account of the non-performance and betrayal of the promises,” he said.