Union Minister Shreds Congress's "Hypocrisy" Over Central Vista Project

"Congress's discourse on Central Vista is bizarre. Cost of Central Vista is about 20,000 crore, over several years. GoI has allocated nearly twice that amount for vaccination! India's healthcare budget for just this year was over 3 lakh crore. We know our priorities," Mr Puri tweeted.

Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday hit back at the Congress for attacking the government over its Central Vista redevelopment project, saying the party's discourse is "bizarre" as its leaders themselves had supported the idea when the UPA was in power. There are hundreds of projects being executed by various depts. Governance hasn't come to a standstill, unlike the Congress's times of policy paralysis.Central Vista is just another ongoing project. It's only the Congress that's obsessed about it, nobody else. pic.twitter.com/RSTfL5HLLe Congress doesn't stop at hypocrisy. Look at their shameful double face.During UPA, Congress leaders wrote about the need for a new parliament. The Speaker in 2012 wrote a letter to Urban Development Ministry for the same.And now they have the gall to oppose the same project? pic.twitter.com/33weJfsed1 They want to distract people from monumental governance failures in their states by spreading lies. So they indulge in cheap politics despite knowing this project creates direct & indirect employment for thousands of skilled, semi-skilled & unskilled workers in these times. The accusation comes hours after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi criticised the Narendra Modi government for executing the project, terming it a "criminal wastage", while asking the dispensation to focus on people's lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. "Congress's discourse on Central Vista is bizarre. Cost of Central Vista is about Rs 20,000 crore, over several years. GoI has allocated nearly twice that amount for vaccination! India's healthcare budget for just this year was over Rs 3 lakh crore. We know our priorities," Mr Puri tweeted.