New Delhi: Union Law Minister Kapil Sibal has admitted that the United Progressive Alliance government has failed to communicate to the people its achievements in the last four years. He was speaking to CNN-IBN's Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate. Sibal conceded that this has been one weakness of UPA-II because of which it has suffered in perception.
Here's an excerpt from the interview:
Karan Thapar: Why is it that your government, if you believe you have these credible achievements under your belt, has not done more to inform the country. Your silence is damning you.
Kapil Sibal: I will tell you what has happened. What's happened is the media is concentrating in this country on all the negative news that is available....
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