Rahul Gandhi Promises To Scrap NITI Aayog, Revert To Planning Commission

Rahul Gandhi said he will replace it with a “lean” Planning Commission.

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29 Mar 2019, 11:14 PM IST

Congress President Rahul Gandhi during a break after addressing party’s ‘Parivartan Yatra’, an election campaign ahead of Lok Sabha polls, in Karnal. (PTI)

Congress President Rahul Gandhi said his party, if voted to power, will scrap the NITI Aayog and replace it with a "lean" Planning Commission.

Gandhi said the NITI Aayog, set up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he assumed power in 2014, served no purpose other than making marketing presentations for the PM and "fudging data".

"If voted to power, we will scrap the NITI Aayog," he said in a tweet.

If voted to power, we will scrap the NITI Aayog. It has served no purpose other than making marketing presentations for the PM & fudging data.

We will replace it with a lean Planning Commission whose members will be renowned economists & experts with less than 100 staff.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) March 29, 2019

The Planning Commission, set up in 1950 under the Congress government, was replaced by the NITI Aayog by the Modi dispensation. The Congress is seeking to revert to the original structure of the government think-tank.