BJP Terms PM's Speech Disappointing, Modi Raises Infiltration Issue

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday termed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Independence Day speech as "disappointing" and lacking direction on issues facing the country, while Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said he should have specified the policy on infiltration from Bangladesh.

BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said that prime minister's speech failed to inspire people.

"It was a disappointing speech... PM's speech was completely listless and a speech which did not instil new confidence in the nation. The speech did not give any direction on the issues the nation and the people of the country are facing - price rise, inflation, corruption, black money, slowing economy, monsoon deficit and drought. It did not address any of these issues," he said.

Speaking in Junagadh in Gujarat, Modi said people wanted to know government's policy towards infiltration from Bangladesh, contending that this was becoming an issue of concern.

Modi also accused the prime minister of dual standards about the ethnic violence in Assam and subsequent violence during a protest rally in Mumbai.