The previous Congress-led UPA government had issued bonds to state-owned oil companies to make up for the difference in the artificially suppressed retail selling price of fuel and the cost. These oil bonds and the interest thereon are being paid now.
The most popular narrative says Jinnahs obduracy compounded by Congress lack of spine caused Partition. But historians globally disagree strongly. Read an excellent account in ‘Our Hindu Rashtra by journalist Aakar Patel. Those who abhor Aakar as an anti-BJP fanatic can read historians like Ram Guha or Perry Anderson.
In a 40-minute interview with Karan Thapar for The Wire, the Congress leader revealed that the possibility of fielding a single candidate in a one-to-one fight against the BJP in 2024 was discussed.
Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said for seven years the country has been listening to the "same speeches" by the prime minister but nothing is being done for any aggrieved section, including small farmers.