Rahul Gandhi tweeted, “Well, how will they see inflation? Blindfolded by arrogance, selling country’s wealth to ‘friends’ in ‘free funds’.”
Rahul Gandhi tweeted, “Well, how will they see inflation? Selling the nation’s wealth to ‘friends’ in ‘free funds’ blindfolded by arrogance.”
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that the government will not be able to see inflation as it is wearing an “ego blindfold” and selling the country’s wealth to friends in “free funds”.
A day after the debate on inflation in the Lok Sabha, the former Congress president took to Twitter and Facebook to attack the government over the issue.
In an apparent reference to BJP leader Jayant Sinha saying during the debate that the opposition is looking for ‘mehanga’ but unable to find it, Mr Gandhi tweeted, “Well, how will they look at inflation? ?Blindfolding the ego, selling the country’s wealth to ‘friends’ in ‘free funds’.”
Gandhi, in his tweet in Hindi, said the BJP-led government, which is busy celebrating ‘Amrit Kaal’, told the House that there is no ‘mehanga’ in the country.
He also shared a table comparing the prices of essential commodities from 2019 to 2022.
Mr Gandhi’s remarks also took a dig at BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s comments during the debate. Speaking in Hindi, Mr. Dubey had said that Prime Minister Modi gave “free fund” food to 80 crore poor people even in adverse circumstances.
The country is battling an “epidemic of unemployment”, with crores of families with no means of steady income, but the government is spending billions to shed the image of an “arrogant king”, Mr Gandhi said in a lengthy Facebook post. added in. Hindi.
He said that during this time the Congress has tried to get answers to the questions of the people from the government. monsoon session of parliament, However, everyone saw how opposition MPs were suspended, arrested for protesting and the House was adjourned.
“Yesterday when the discussion took place, the government clearly said ‘there is no such problem as inflation!’ The country is battling with the epidemic of unemployment, crores of families are left with no means of stable income. But the government is spending billions of rupees to polish the image of an ‘arrogant king’,” Mr Gandhi on Prime Minister Narendra Modi said attacking.
In a post addressed to the people of the country, the former Congress chief said, “Don’t consider yourself alone, Congress is your voice, and you are the strength of Congress. We have to fight every decree of the dictator, try to suppress the voice of every people.” ”
“The Congress party and I are fighting for you and will continue to fight for you. You know very well what issues need to be discussed in the country today because every wrong policy of the government is affecting your life,” he said.
Mr. Gandhi said that inflation and the “Gabbar Singh Tax” is a direct attack on the income of the common man.
He alleged that today’s reality is that common man is struggling not just for his dreams but for his livelihood.
“This government wants you to obey the dictator without any question. I assure you all, there is no need to fear them and suffer dictatorship. They are cowards, afraid of your strength and unity and so they They are constantly attacking. If you face them together, they will be scared,” Mr. Gandhi said.
He said, “I promise you, we will neither scare nor intimidate them.”
On Monday, opposition members in the lower house blamed the policies of the BJP-led central government for the inflation and accused it of ignoring the plight of the common people. He added that kitchens will soon “see a lockdown” if the Center does not take corrective measures.
Responding to the debate on inflation on Monday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said India does not face any risk Its macroeconomic fundamentals are “correct” in the form of either a recession or stagflation.