Rahul Gandhi has criticized the central government’s handling of the economy and the Covid pandemic.
New Delhi:
A day after sharing a list of “Modi-triggered disasters,” including the highest unemployment rate in 45 years, Congressional leader Rahul Gandhi continued his attack on the BJP-led central government today, taking out highlight the problem of freezing government hiring. posts. The Union Ministry of Finance dismissed the claim in a tweet.
“The Modi government’s thinking is minimal government, maximum privatization. Covid is just an excuse, the government’s plan is to free the government offices of all permanent staff, steal the future of young people and push their own friends towards go ahead, “Gandhi said in a Hindi tweet. .
For reference, he tagged a newspaper article on the list of austerity measures taken by the central government, including the freezing of new job creation and the hiring of posts created after July 1 in ministries and departments. The article establishes that if it is absolutely essential to fill any vacant position, a proposal must be sent for approval to the Expenses Department.
मोदी सरकार की सोच –
‘Minimum maximum government privatization’कोविड तो बस बहाना है,
सरकारी दफ़्तरों को स्थायी ‘स्टाफ़-मुक्त’ बनाना है,
युवा का भविष्य चुराना है,
‘मित्रों’ को आगे बढ़ाना है।#Speakspic.twitter.com/Lu8BKjJ7bg– Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) September 5, 2020
Mr Gandhi has often led the opposition in criticizing the policies adopted by the government of Prime Minister Modi. It has sharpened its attacks on the central government, especially its handling of the Indian economy, as the coronavirus pandemic required a nationwide lockdown in March this year. But, the ruling BJP has rejected his accusations in the past.
Most recently, on August 30, a day before the release of official economic data showing that the country’s GDP fell 23.9 percent in the April-June period, the highest for independent India, Gandhi announced the start of a series of explanatory videos on “how the Modi government has destroyed the Indian economy”.
In videos and messages tweeted since then, he has said that the demonetization movement of 2016 acted as a catalyst for the record drop in GDP. He has argued that the economy was further affected by the implementation of a “flawed GST” law, and the final nail in the coffin was the coronavirus pandemic, which paralyzed key industries and put millions of people out of work.
To improve the state of India’s economy, the former head of Congress has also frequently advised the government to consider immediate social welfare measures to help the poorest sectors of society, those most affected by the lack of economic activity during closing and with little, if any, liquidity.
He has also urged the government to consider, among other measures, direct cash injections to the poor, arguing that higher spending is the most effective way to revive the stuttering economy.
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