New Delhi: Shourie,
a BJP minister in the Vajpayee Cabinet, has hit out at the Narendra
Modi government, saying its economic policy was "direction less" while
the social climate was causing "great anxiety" among the minorities.
The
73-year-old journalist-turned politician said the one-year rule of Modi
was "good in parts", his transformation as prime minister was good in
foreign policy, but the promised turnaround in economy has not happened.
The
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came out strongly in defence
of Prime Minister Narendra Modi after Arun Shourie's remarks.
Reacting to Shourie’s remarks, Commerce
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said “Shourie as a scholar, a veteran
journalist and as a political observer, has always had his views on
matters. But I think this time, he has been a bit unkind to Modi.
Ahead of the first anniversary of the Modi government , Shourie in an interview criticized and said “The government seems to be more concerned with managing headlines than putting policies in place. The situation is like the many pieces of a jigsaw puzzle lying in a mess with no big picture in mind about how to put them together,”
