Congress President Sonia Gandhi today said that the government's experiments and policies are characterized by poor planning and implementation. <br/><br/>Addressing the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting this morning in New Delhi, Mrs Gandhi said, till today the government has refused to disclose how much demonetised currency in circulation was actually returned to the banks. <br/><br/>Saying that country is not far from the 2019 elections, Mrs Gandhi asked the partymen to be ready to protect the essence and idea of India, which the present government is seeking to extinguish. <br/>'<br/>Speaking on the occasion, Former Prime Minister Manmohan<br/>Singh said, the country's growth has slowed down mainly because of demonetisation and the economy is running on just one engine of public spending. <br/><br/>He expressed serious concern over the situation, particularly the impact on job creation. Dr Singh, in his intervention at the Congress Working Committee meet, talked about the decline in the economic growth as depicted in the last quarter GDP numbers.