
Auditor Report Revealed UDAN Scheme Didn't Work On 93% Routes: Congress Chief
NDTV
In a post in Hindi on X, Mallikarjun Kharge said that the PM Modi's government's promise of enabling those wearing slippers to travel by air has not been fulfilled "just like all their promises".
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday claimed that a CAG report has pointed out that the Centre's flagship UDAN scheme did not work on 93 per cent of the routes, and said that the common people only got "lies" and "jumlas" from the government.
A regional connectivity scheme was launched under the name of UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) on October 21, 2016, by the Union government to stimulate regional air connectivity and make air travel affordable to the masses in tier-2 and tier-3 cities and towns.
In a post in Hindi on X, Mallikarjun Kharge said that the PM Modi's government's promise of enabling those wearing slippers to travel by air has not been fulfilled "just like all their promises".