Congress has brought economic growth with social justice

The Congress Party does not believe in personal politics. From the very beginning it has worked for institution building. The same has been true in the field of national economy. The objectives of economic reforms were clearly identified from the beginning as economic growth with social justice. For the Congress party economic growth was always taken as instrument of social transformation, the removal of the poverty (garibi hatao), the upliftment of the vulnerable and the backward classes, the spread of education, health and shelter, especially to those who did not have market access to them, the empowerment of the women and for the protection of dalits and minorities, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes through affirmative action and special programmes. The success of the reform package resulted in accelerating the growth of the economy and in reducing the proportion of people living below the poverty line. But unfortunately the emphasis on proper mix and sequencing of reforms was lost sight of by BJP-led NDA government from 1998 to 2004 which retarded the economic development of our country.

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