Centre can no longer use Cong. legacy as an excuse: Rajiv Kumar -The Asian Age

Even as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP ) and its senior leaders have repeatedly attacked the Congress for leaving behind a legacy of "governance failure", "policy paralysis" and "economy in shambles", the Central government can no more use this as an excuse and will have to take ownership of not only its accomplishments but also its failures from now on, NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said.

Mr. Kumar said while it was necessary to look at the last four years of the Narendra Modi government in the context of the legacy it inherited from the UPA regime in 2014, the economy has now overcome those issues and henceforth, the government should be judged on its own merit.

"Now the economy has come out of those inheritance issues. No more should they be used as an excuse for anything. Whatever happens now is the government's own (doing) completely," Mr. Kumar told IANS in an interview.

"After all the government has done so much despite all of it (legacy issues). It took huge structural reforms like demonetization, GST, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, Benami Act, RERA and recapitalization of banks to overcome those legacy issues. I think we have finally overcome those and henceforth, the government should be judged on its own merit," he added.