New Delhi, September 08, 2023 (PPI-OT): Congress has said the start of the 18th G20 summit with India’s rotational presidency is a moment for reflection, revealing one of the “biggest failures of the NDA (No Data Available) government” as it has failed to conduct the “decadal Census” that was due in 2021 due to which an estimated 14 crore citizens are excluded from their food entitlements.

Slamming the Modi government for not conducting census, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, “The start of the 18th G20 summit with India’s rotational presidency is a moment for reflection, revealing one of the biggest failures of the NDA (No Data Available) Government – it has failed to conduct the decadal Census that was due in 2021.”

He said that nearly, every other G20 country has managed to conduct the census, despite Covid-19, including other developing countries like Indonesia, Brazil, and South Africa.

“The Modi government is so inept and incompetent that it has been unable to carry out India’s most important statistical exercise that has been conducted on schedule since 1951. This is an unprecedented failure in the history of our nation,” the Congress communication in-charge said.

Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is on a Europe tour, addressing a press conference in Brussels, criticized the Indian government for not inviting party chief Mallikarjun Kharge to the dinner hosted by President Droupadi Murmu, saying it shows that they don’t value the leader of 60 per cent of India’s population.

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