Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Saturday lauded the BJP-led Centre for making a determined effort to clean up River Ganga, about which he 'felt proud'.
The top leader also credited the NDA government for "succeeding" in its National Highway building programme and further building on the initiatives of the UPA regime like the Aadhar.
Every government took some initiatives, which are good and beneficial, he said, adding,"I mean even the most incompetent government will do a few things which are good for the country. How can you deny that.? any government will do some good things."
Answering a question from the audience, at his "Undaunted: Saving the Idea of India," book release event here, he said he was very angry with the BJP-led government because they did "the largest evil to the largest number (of people) by demonetisation."
On the positive side, he said "I think the national highway programme has been a success, they are building more kilometers per day than we did, I think the next government will build more as the system is in place."
"Jan Dhan is good. I compliment them. we started it, we opened 34 crore accounts and they have opened another 35 crore accounts, which is good."
...I hope this time we won't fail...they are making a determined effort to clean the Ganga, which I am quite proud about."
To a hypothetical question on what position he would assume if the Modi-led dispensation were to offer him one if the BJP retained power at the Centre, he said: "I would like to be the leader of the opposition."
Earlier, during the panel discussion, he advocated devolving more powers to the states and added that "Puducherry in my view, this is Congress party's view, is eminently ready to be a full State."
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