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Santosh Lad says India’s national debt has exceeded ₹225 lakh crore
Santosh Lad, a minister and Congress leader, said India’s national debt had risen above ₹225 lakh crore.
He said it was about ₹55 lakh crore before 2014.
Lad made the claim in Hubballi at a campaign meeting for Mohan Limbikai, the Congress candidate in a Legislative Council election for the West Graduates’ constituency.
He also criticised the government’s economic record and said education funding had fallen and many schools had closed.
These were claims made during an election campaign, where Lad urged party workers to take them to voters.
Limbikai called on workers to campaign door to door and encourage people to vote.
He also said 8,700 ballots were declared invalid in the previous election and urged voters to cast valid votes.
Minister and Congress leader Santosh Lad said India’s national debt had risen to more than ₹225 lakh crore.
He said the debt was roughly ₹55 lakh crore until 2014.
Lad made the remarks at a campaign meeting in Hubballi on October 11, 2026.
He criticised the Narendra Modi government and contrasted its record with economic growth under former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
He also said more than 1,20,000 schools had closed nationwide in the past decade.
- Who
- Santosh Lad, a minister and Congress leader, made the remarks.
- What
- He said India’s national debt had exceeded ₹225 lakh crore.
- When
- October 11, 2026.
- Where
- Hubballi, at a campaign meeting for Congress nominee Mohan Limbikai.
- Why
- Lad said the country’s rising debt needed to be questioned and criticised the current leadership’s handling of the issue.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
We have to question why the current leaders have failed to address this problem
But till 2014, our national debt stood at roughly 55 lakh crore rupees. But now, it has escalated to over 225 lakh crore rupees.
Indian economy was consistently growing under the leadership of former PM Manmohan Singh. But under PM Narendra Modi, it is on a downward spiral
In the previous election, 8,700 votes were declared invalid due to errors. We try to reduce them
Lad said India’s national debt stood at roughly ₹55 lakh crore.
Lad spoke at a campaign meeting for Mohan Limbikai in Hubballi.
- Debt figure cited
- More than ₹225 lakh crore
- Debt figure until 2014
- Roughly ₹55 lakh crore
- Meeting location
- Hubballi
- Meeting date
- October 11, 2026
- School closures cited
- More than 1,20,000 nationwide in the last decade
Sources
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