Union housing and urban affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri hit out at the Congress party on Friday for its opposition to the Central Vista project, accusing it of double-standards and spreading “lies” to divert people’s attention from “monumental governance failures” in states ruled by it.
In a series of tweets, Puri also said the central government got its priorities right, rejecting allegations by the Congress and critics that the Rs 20,000-crore project should be halted in view of a raging second wave of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
“Congress’s discourse on Central Vista is bizarre. Cost of Central Vista is about Rs 20,000 crore, over several years. GoI (the government of India) 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,” he said.
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. pic.twitter.com/uNlnxv7s58
Puri came down heavily on what he called the Congress’s “hypocrisy” and said “Congress leaders wrote about the need for a new parliament” during the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)’s rule at the Centre.