Guwahati, Sep 14 - Communist Party of India (Marxist) politburo member Sitaram Yechury Monday lashed out at the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government alleging that it had failed to keep its promises and the impact of this could be disastrous.

'In the first 100 days, the government has faltered more than it performed and we will have to wait and watch how the government moves from here on. Or else, it will be disastrous for the government and for the country as well,' Yechury told IANS in an interview here.

The CPM leader is here to address several public and party programmes.

'There are more negatives then positives of the UPA government. Whatever the government said about drought and price rise, nothing substantial was witnessed on the ground,' Yechury said.

'There is nothing bad in what the government says, but nothing good in what the government does.'

Accusing the UPA government of failing to keep its 24-point agenda in the first 100-days, the CPM leader said checking price rise and drought were the biggest challenges before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

'The president of India during her address to the joint session of parliament mentioned 24 issues. But none of the first five issues relating to the gender question, representation of women and reservations in parliament and assemblies were addressed,' Yechury said.