How sarcastic was Sonia Gandhi’s statement made in parliament yesterday when she said “Women’s Reservation was the dream of her husband Rajiv Gandhi” and she appealed everyone in the House to fulfil her husband’s wish?

This is called ‘chalta hai culture’ in Hindi which means ‘work in progress for decades’. This is the ‘sarkari’ way of doing things that India observed since independence. Women’s reservation bill was first mooted by ex-PM Rajiv Gandhi in 1989 but remained in paper for decades until made law in 2023.

Sushma Swaraj’s soul will be happy today

There are many examples like this. GST was drafted during UPA era by West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra (Ph. D. from Duke University on Economics) but implemented by Arun Jeiley of BJP during Modi 1.0 government.

New Parliament building built by Tata Projects for Rs 862 Crore within two years despite Covid-19 pandemic is an example of timely project execution. If congress would have don’t it, it may took two decades and 10 times cost escalation cur to corruption.

A 16-17 KM Calcutta (now Kolkata) Metro took two decades (initiated in early 1970s, partly opened in 1984 and complete 1st phase by early 1990s). This is called congress slow speed. 17 KM Greater Noida Metro was constructed in two years, from planning to operation. Other UP town Metro’s like Kanpur and Agra will be constructed in 2 years. Congress can never do this due to ‘policy paralysis’.

MMRCA 1.0 for 114 Rafale fighter jet could not be executed after prolong negotiations and finally Defence Minister AK Antony said in 2013 that they don’t have any money for Rafale. Modi 1.0 government executed part of that deal as govt-to-govt 36 Rafale direct import deal considering urgency. Chinook and Apache choppers were also inducted timely.

DFC (Decicated Freight Corridor) train service initiated by UPA government but progress was slow. Other examples care Bogibeel Bridge and Bhupen Hazarika road Bridge in upper Assam, Uttarakhand Char Dham rail and roadway project, Himachal Bilaspur rail project (which may get extended to Ladakh), Sardar Sarovar Dam (delayed by 56 years), Sarayu canal project in UP etc.

Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and NHAI executing 30 plus express ways and all of them are on schedule. Congress way of day dreaming and doing nothing is now a things of the past. Northern border infrastructure development is improving fast which was completely neglected in the past due to fear of northern neighbour.

Tunnels like Rohtang (Atal), Sela, Z-mode, Zojila, Kuthiran (Kerala highway tunnel delayed by 5 years) are some hill tunnels. Metro tunnels are dug using TBMs for faster execution and learning from Kolkata metro mistake. Uttarakhand and Sikkim rail project is mostly on tunnels and execution is fast using latest technology.

Sonia Gandhi can only say ‘women reservation was dream of her late husband Rajiv Gandhi’ but she should also say that congress never worked for project implementation despite ex-PM Rahiv Gandhi created a ministry called ‘Project Implementation’. Congress can only name universities, airports, parks, markets and commercial places etc. with dynasty names. They even named Chandrayaan-1 touch point as ‘Jawahar point’. This is what congress can do efficiently. This party is run by lackey or chamchas who name everything on dynasty leaders to appease their high command.