"He said, "The second thing which they have done good is not to undo some of our programmes, but a build on them. You evaluate a government by the largest good to the largest number. Even the most incompetent government will do a few things which are good for the country.Replying to a question at the "Undaunted: Saving the Idea of India" book release event here on Saturday, he said the NDA government is making a "determined effort" to clean the Ganga river. They have opened another 35 crore accounts. When C.". I compliment them for that.
I think five times we have tried to clean the
Purification equipment Ganga (but) we had failed. Rangarajan was the Governor (of RBI), he started the zero balance account.Chidambaram said, "I think their (NDA governments) National Highway programme has been a success. They said we will come and scrap Aadhaar. They did the largest evil to the largest and most-productive class of this country - business and trade - by this flawed GST. But they are making a determined effort to clean the Ganga, which I am quite proud about," he said. They built on Aadhaar," Chidambaram added. Mercifully they didnt do that.Chennai: Former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has lauded the Narendra Modi government for its Clean Ganga initiative and the National Highway programme.
Thats why I am angry with this government because they did the largest evil to the largest number by demonetisation.On the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and demonetisation issues, he said, "Every government does something which is good, which are beneficial. I hope this time they wont fail. They built on that by calling it Jan Dhan, which is good.""Likewise, we started Aadhaar. We started it and opened 34-crore accounts."So far, it has not borne results, but at least they are making a determined effort to clean the Ganga. They are building more kilometres per day than we did. How can you deny that? But that is not how you evaluate the whole government.Chidambaram, however, said he is "angry" over the governments Goods and Services Tax (GST) and demonetisation moves. But I think the next government will to build even more as the system is in place.
