MUMBAI, June 14 -- Former Union finance minister Yashwant Sinha on Friday launched a sharp attack on the Narendra Modi-led government, alleging that it was overstating India's economic performance, suppressing uncomfortable facts and failing to address deep-rooted economic challenges facing the country. Sounding a clarion call of "Modi must go", Sinha asked the Congress to shoulder the responsibility of confronting the crisis facing the country and take the fight to the streets without fearing lathi charges or imprisonment. He argued that the government's claims of rapid economic growth were not supported by investment trends, noting that capital formation had remained largely stagnant over the past decade. "The country's economic difficulties are the result of policy failures accumulated over the last 10 to 12 years rather than recent geopolitical crises," he said. "The 2016 demonetisation exercise achieved none of its stated objectives and, in fact, contributed to a sharp slowdown in economic growth from 8% to 4%." He added, "This government lacks the courage to face challenges. Today, our government is bowing to pressure from the United States, and that is not a good sign." Sinha further alleged that the politics of revenge was damaging the country's democratic fabric and needed to be stopped. "It is the responsibility of the Congress and its leaders to bring the country out of the current crisis. Therefore, Modi must go, the sooner, the better," he concluded....