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Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said that the BJP has widened the gap between the rich and the poor so much that the common man is still drowning in it.
Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi also said the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ is the voice of the people against the government’s policies, which he alleged have led to poverty.
The Congress on Tuesday accused the BJP government of increasing economic inequality in the country. India And said that the richest one percent owns more than 40 percent of the country’s wealth, while the bottom half of the population has only three percent of it.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has widened the gap between the rich and the poor so much that “the common man is still falling into the ditch”.
“The richest one per cent in India owns more than 40 per cent of the country’s wealth, while the other half of the population is left with only three per cent! Bharat Jodo Yatra is a movement to bridge the gap of economic inequality,” he said in a tweet in Hindi.
Former Congress president targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi Rahul Gandhi It also said that ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ is the voice of the people against such policies of the government, which they alleged have increased poverty.
“Twenty one billionaires have more wealth than 700 million Indians. The richest 1% of the population owns 40% of India’s wealth.
“UPA lifted more than 20 crore people out of poverty. PM’s ‘Garibi Badhao’ policies pushed him back to poverty. Bharat Jodo Yatra is the voice of the country against these policies of the government. Put crores of people together.
The attack comes after rights group Oxfam released its latest inequality report on Monday in which it said that the richest one per cent in India now owns more than 40 per cent of the country’s wealth, while the bottom half have a shares only 3 with Money percentage.
releasing the India Supplement to its annual inequality report on the first day of World At the annual meeting of the Economic Forum in Davos, Oxfam International said that a 5 per cent tax on India’s 10 richest could get enough money to get children back to school.
It added, “A one-time tax on Gautam Adani, a billionaire alone, on unrealized gains from 2017-2021 can raise Rs 1.79 lakh crore, enough to employ over five million Indian primary school teachers for a year.” enough for.”
Titled ‘Survival of the Richest’, the report further states that if India’s billionaires are taxed once on their entire wealth at the rate of 2 per cent, it will help feed the country’s undernourished population for the next three years. 40,423 crore can be met. ,
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