Several Opposition party leaders from Congress, TMC, RJD, Left parties on Sunday dismissed the BJP manifesto, titled ‘Modi ki Guarantee,’ asking what the Prime Minister’s guarantee means. The Congress trashed the BJP’s poll manifesto as a “jumla patra” full of rhetoric, with party chief Mallikarjun Kharge saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s guarantee is a “warranty of jumlas” as he has failed to fulfil his past promises.

The Opposition party also accused Modi of not honouring his promises made on jobs, doubling farmers’ income and tackling inflation, and alleged that the Prime Minister is now shifting the goalposts by talking about 2047. The Congress said the BJP manifesto should have been named “maafinama” and Modi should have apologised to farmers, youngsters, poor people and Dalits for not fulfilling the promises made in the last 10 years.

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said, “Two words are missing from the BJP’s manifesto and Modi’s speech — inflation and unemployment.”

“INDIA’s plan is very clear —recruitment in 30 lakh posts and a permanent job of Rs 1 lakh to every educated youngsters. This time the youngsters are not going to fall into Modi’s trap. They will strengthen the hands of the Congress and bring an ‘employment revolution’ in the country,” Rahul said in a social media post. Addressing a Press conference, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said in the manifesto for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Modi had promised to bring back black money by forming a special task force, but electoral bonds were introduced instead. Asked about the Ram temple issue, Khera said, “Ram is an issue of faith and not of politics. We will not allow the BJP to drag him into politics.” Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also said the BJP’s ‘Sankalp Patra’ is just a “sham”.

“Their real manifesto is the ‘Samvidhan Badlo Patra’. In every street, state after State, BJP leaders and candidates are roaming around with the ‘Samvidhan Badlo Patra’ and talking about changing Babasaheb’s Constitution in their speeches...,” she said in a post in Hindi on X.

Communist Party of India general secretary D Raja said Modi’s guarantee is nothing but “degradation” of the country. “In a way, Modi’s guarantee shows the commitment of the BJP-RSS combine to communal, fascist dictatorship.

“They don’t respect democracy, Parliament, Constitution,” he said.

Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien took a jibe at the ruling party’s slogan, and said, “What Manifesto? Modi Guarantee = Zero Warranty.”

He also shared an article authored by him where he questioned the BJP on its promises of creating 25 crore jobs, doubling farmers income, and bringing back black money among other things.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, meanwhile, questioned the Government over issues like job creation.

“There is no mention of jobs and employment anywhere in the BJP manifesto. Nor is there any mention of eliminating or reducing inflation, unemployment and poverty,” he said.

“There is nothing in it for the development and uplift of backward and poor States. There is nothing for the development of the states from which the maximum number of Lok Sabha MPs come. They have completely forgotten jobs, employment, youth, farmers, soldiers and villages in their manifesto,” he said.