The Bharatiya Janata Party and Communist Party of India echoed similar views while criticising the United Progressive Alliance's economic and foreign policies, with CPI leader D Raja saying the Presidential address was the "Congress way of presenting a shining India".
"It is an attempt to present a rosy picture of the Indian economy when the reality is otherwise," Raja said.
While senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said that existing good relations of the country with neighbouring countries during the National Democratic Alliance rule has worsened under the UPA, Raja also wondered why neither Pakistan nor Sri Lanka were responding to India's concerns.
"The government stands isolated and humiliated by Pakistan and Sri Lanka as they do not respond to its request because of India's over-dependence on the US," Raja said. India compromised with its independent foreign
policy, Raja said.
He said while the government was "worked up with Left extremism, they have not taken any note of right-wing extremism which is a grave threat to national unity and integrity."
The BJP leader said, "When the country's relationship is not good with even countries what about others.. In Nepal,
Indian priests were removed from Pashupatinath temple."
Swaraj also charged that the UPA government did nothing significant for internal security. "The government did no work on internal security for more than four-and-half years and finally they made the anti terror law, which was also not made properly as confessions before the police are not admissible as evidence," she said.
She also criticised the government for "giving very less relief to people on petro prices even when there has been drastic cut in oil prices internationally."