Hyderabad:Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal took aim at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the latter's remarks during the Independence Day speech, asking where were the "achche din" and what happened as the PM had almost 10 years to get rid of corruption.
In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), Sibal said: "PM on August 15: You said: We have to get rid of corruption. But you had almost 10 years. What happened? Where are the 'Acchhe Din'. Forgotten? Inflation is imported. Our vegetables are not!"
"Next 5 years golden period. For whom? The poor, Dalits, Minorities or ?" Sibal said in his dig at PM Modi.
Sibal, who was a Union minister during UPA I and II, had quit the Congress in May last year. He was later elected to the Rajya Sabha as an Independent member with the Samajwadi Party's support.
He has floated a non-electoral platform 'Insaaf' aimed at fighting injustice.
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