The Congress leader in his speech cited prices collected from market to counter Modi’s pre-polls slogan of bringing down inflation if voted to power. The UPA had left government in a serious state and it is but natural that any contesting candidate before election would say that if I come to power, I will try to bring inflation down. “No one should have any objection to that”.
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Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday took the Modi government to task for price rise, particularly of food items like lentils.
Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha once again exposing the empty rhetoric used by Narendra Modi to hoax the people of India.
Rahul, in his seventh major intervention in the House during his career, said “During elections, Modiji had said “make me a chowkidar” (watchman)”. But the chowkidar has not uttered a word.
“Wherever atrocities have been committed on Dalits, I have rushed to those places as Congress always stands for Dalits, farmers, minorities and tribals”, he said.
“Today in villages people are raising a slogan: Arhar Modi”, he said at the end of his speech in Lok Sabha today. Now, the MSP has risen to Rs 50, but the price of the pulses has gone up to Rs 180 a kg, Gandhi said.
“He (Rahul) is the vice president of a national party but yet learn the art of speaking”, Naved said, adding: “He can learn from our CM Akhilesh who addresses the prime minister as Adarniya Modi ji and Congress president as Sonia ji”, Naved said, adding “He should visit UP more often to learn tameez (manners)”.
Mr Gandhi also attacked the Modi government for what he claimed waiving Rs 52,000 crore of big industrialists and said it is not reported in media.
“Thanks to this increased public investment, and also the sharp increase in foreign direct investments, India has been able to achieve a respectable growth rate and remain as the fastest-growing large economy in the last two years. But now that you are the Prime Minister, we want to ask you one question… why the prices have not come down”, Gandhi said.
Blowing the poll bugle in election- bound Uttar Pradeh, Rahul Gandhi today defended anointment of Sheila Dikshit as party’s chief ministerial face on the ground of her “experience” and gave a lesson on discipline to party workers. Mr Modi was not present in the House.
He asked why the Modi government was not utilising the money saved on oil import due to global drop in oil prices to give relief to rural people, especially farmers.
He said there was a small difference between the minimum support price of Rs 45 a kg given to the tur/arhar dal growers and its market price of Rs 75.
Congress VP sheds “jholawalaah” image to speak up about corporate sector worries, price rise.
“So there is a gap of Rs 130 under the NDA government”.
The Congress vice-president added, “Earlier, they tried to take away your land (referring to amendments to the Land Acquisition Act) and now they want to take away the dal from your plate”.
He said that India’s wholesale price index (WPI) was in the negative for 18 months in succession till recently, which goes to the credit of the NDA government. The people of Delhi remember her and the Congress government during her tenure.
Mr Gandhi said PM Modi was working in favour of some three or four selected industrialists.
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“You had made a good speech then”.
