at a recent closed-door RSS economic meeting in Delhi, veteran BJP leader and former party president Murli Manohar Joshi boldly questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's economic policies. At 91, Joshi, a longtime RSS affiliate, highlighted stark income inequality—where the top 10% control 65% of wealth—and India's low per capita GDP of just $2,878, despite its status as the world's third-largest economy. Quoting Nobel economist Amartya Sen, he argued that growth alone ignores well-being, proposing "Degrowth" for sustainable sharing and simplicity, rooted in Deendayal Upadhyay's Integral Humanism. He also warned of AI-driven disparities, low college enrollment, agriculture's shrinking role, and a "climate emergency" amid disasters in Uttarakhand and Himachal.
He showed us the mirror. He said two things. He used a couple of terms. He said degrowth. He said degrowth. There is a degrowth other than growth. And he talked about climate emergency. He talked about climate emergency at this time especially in the context of the floods happening in Uttarakhand.
one of the most important things is that Amartya Ssen sahab who is a Nobel Prize winner and with whom BJP has a lot of problems. He continuously quoted many things from Amartsen.. economic development cannot be the sole objective of any country that we are doing economic development. .. He told how and where they are saying that we have failed in agriculture. He said that we have completely failed in agriculture. Ah, he said that instead of focusing on our strength, we have started focusing on foreign investment. We have completely ignored our Indian industry and agriculture. He said all these things in this conference. He also talked about wealth inequality. Some people have more money. He said all those things which the opposition has been saying. And two things were important. One important thing was that Bhagwat ji was also present there. Bhagwat ji said that Joshi ji has told everything. He has said it and you people should think about it. But the work of handling the matter was done by Hosavale sahab. Hosavale sahab said that brother, look, this is not criticism of the government. You should not think about it like this. Hey brother, if we are talking about policy, if we are talking about the country, then why not criticism of the government, then the same thing about Nehru, that Nehru ji tried to talk to Bhosale ji there and try to cover it up. But what has been said is very clear. Murli Manohar Joshi has clearly told that Modi government has failed completely on the economic front...