BJP member Tejasvi Surya on Wednesday said in Lok Sabha that the “mindless obsession” of successive Congress governments with socialism had kept the country poor as a part of a design to continue the dynastic rule.
Participating in the discussion on the general budget, Surya said before the advent of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country was under to control of dynasts, from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, who deliberately kept the country poor to perpetuate their rule. “The reason why dynastic politics preferred socialism and kept a closed economy because they did not want challengers to come and challenge their throne,” Surya, an MP from Bangalore South, said.