Delhi, Sept 14th, 2022: Congress on Tuesday slammed PM Narendra Modi for his address at the World Dairy Summit, saying the “white revolution” was entirely because of Congress leaders like Tribhuvandas Patel.
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of WDS 2022 on Monday, Modi had said since 2014, “our government has worked relentlessly to enhance the potential of India’s dairy sector”.
“In 2014, India produced 146 million tonnes of milk. Now, it has increased to 210 million tonnes. That is, an increase of about 44 percent,” the prime minister further said.
Congress general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh posted on Twitter, “Jagadguru of Jhoot[Modi] is now claiming to have made India the world’s largest milk producer, which it became in 1998. The White Revolution was entirely because of Tribhuvandas Patel, Dr. V. Kurien, and the great cooperative institutions they created”.
In his remarks at the summit, Prime Minister Modi had said milk production is growing at the rate of 2 percent in the world, whereas in India, its growth rate is more than 6 percent.
“Due to the hard work of small farmers and their livestock, India is currently the largest milk-producing country in the world”, Modi said at WDS 2022.
