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Under the leadership of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Indian economy experienced consistent growth. However, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the economy is now on a downward trajectory, according to Santosh Lad, a Congress leader and minister. Speaking at a campaign meeting for Congress nominee Mohan Limbikai in Hubballi, Lad highlighted that India has had 15 prime ministers since independence, but before 2014, the national debt was approximately ₹55 lakh crore.

Now, it has soared to over ₹225 lakh crore. Lad questioned why the current leaders have not addressed this issue. Under the UPA era, all sectors of the economy experienced sustained growth under Dr. Singh's leadership. However, the government now claims higher GDP figures but fails to reflect the prosperity of individual citizens.

The UPA-1 and UPA-2 administrations allocated around 4% of the national budget towards education, a figure that has significantly decreased. Over 1,20,000 schools have been shut down nationwide in the last decade. Lad urged party cadres to utilize such facts and figures to reach out to voters through pamphlets and public outreach.

In the recent election, the number of voters increased to 97,233 from 88,087. Limbikai, who is contesting from a seat that has returned senior leader H. K. Patil for four terms, urged workers to convince voters about the importance of valid voting. During the previous election, 8,700 votes were declared invalid due to errors, and the party is striving to minimize such occurrences.