<p class="title">The Congress on Wednesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was misleading the electorate with "hollow claims" of success of various schemes and dubbed him as a "king of advertisement and villain of development".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill said Modi focussed only on "event management" and ignored "nation management", alleging that he behaved "like a propaganda minister instead of the prime minister".</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said Modi's promises and claims are like a "mirage" which disappears when seen with the lens of reality.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He alleged that the NDA government's flagship programme Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna launched on May 1, 2016, has proved a "failure" and must serve as a warning sign to people that Modi cannot and should not be trusted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Outgoing Prime Minister Narendra Modi...who behaves less like a prime minister and more like a propaganda minister, is guilty of misleading the electorate of India with hollow claims of success of his government's schemes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The prime minister had focused only on advertisement and rank 'zero' on the development...The prime minister is a king of the advertisement but a villain of development. That is a reality," Shergill told reporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Congress leader alleged the prime minister was not giving a report card of his work during his five-year rule as he knew it would be full of "red lines".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The prime minister in his speeches is only talking about Pakistan because he has done no work in Hindustan...The reality of the BJP government's five-year calendar is an expensive and empty cylinder. The Ujjwala scheme only filled 'gas' in PM Modi's speeches. PM Modi only believes in 'lights, camera but no action'," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shergill said a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) noted in 2015-16 that households with LPG connections were using an average of 6.27 cylinders a year, but after the scheme was launched, the number came down to 5.6.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The BJP government has looted the poor and middle-class by raising the LPG gas cylinder price," he added. </p>
<p class="title">The Congress on Wednesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was misleading the electorate with "hollow claims" of success of various schemes and dubbed him as a "king of advertisement and villain of development".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill said Modi focussed only on "event management" and ignored "nation management", alleging that he behaved "like a propaganda minister instead of the prime minister".</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said Modi's promises and claims are like a "mirage" which disappears when seen with the lens of reality.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He alleged that the NDA government's flagship programme Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna launched on May 1, 2016, has proved a "failure" and must serve as a warning sign to people that Modi cannot and should not be trusted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Outgoing Prime Minister Narendra Modi...who behaves less like a prime minister and more like a propaganda minister, is guilty of misleading the electorate of India with hollow claims of success of his government's schemes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The prime minister had focused only on advertisement and rank 'zero' on the development...The prime minister is a king of the advertisement but a villain of development. That is a reality," Shergill told reporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Congress leader alleged the prime minister was not giving a report card of his work during his five-year rule as he knew it would be full of "red lines".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The prime minister in his speeches is only talking about Pakistan because he has done no work in Hindustan...The reality of the BJP government's five-year calendar is an expensive and empty cylinder. The Ujjwala scheme only filled 'gas' in PM Modi's speeches. PM Modi only believes in 'lights, camera but no action'," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shergill said a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) noted in 2015-16 that households with LPG connections were using an average of 6.27 cylinders a year, but after the scheme was launched, the number came down to 5.6.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The BJP government has looted the poor and middle-class by raising the LPG gas cylinder price," he added. </p>