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New Delhi: On Wednesday, the Congress Party questioned the government on the way forward and the economic plan after phase 3 of the shutdown ends on May 17.
After May 17, what? and after May 17, how? … what criteria GOI uses to judge how long the closure will last … “, it is understood that the president of the Congress, Sonia Gandhi, asked at a meeting of chief ministers of the states governed by Congress.
According to the President of Congress, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked the chief ministers to deliberate among themselves and ask the prime minister about the exit strategy for the closure.
Most CMs and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram also noted the deep financial stress that states face.
Chattisgarh Prime Minister Bhupesh Baghel said: “States are facing a serious economic crisis. They need immediate assistance. ”
“Chattisgarh is a state where 80 percent of small industries have restarted and almost 85,000 workers have returned to work.”
Punjab Prime Minister Amarinder Singh said: “We have established two committees, one to develop strategies on how to get out of the confinement and the other on economic recovery.”
“The concern is that people sitting in Delhi decide on the classification of the areas without knowing what is happening on the ground.”
Regarding this point of view, Puducherry CM V Narayanswami said that the center cannot decide zones and that it should be left to the states.
All CMs assured the President of Congress that they were making arrangements to bear the cost of the return of migrant workers.
Meanwhile, the Congress party took a strong exception to the increase in gasoline and diesel taxes.
“The entire nation and its 130 crore people are fighting the Corona pandemic today. Poor migrant workers, merchants, farmers, small and medium-sized businesses are practically penniless, fighting for every rupee, yet this Draconian government is dodging 130 Crore Indians by raising insurmountable taxes on gasoline and diesel, Congress chief spokesman Randeep Singh Surjewala said.
He stated that between the years 2014-15 until the year 2019-20, which is in a period of 6 years, the Government of BJP in the Center has increased taxes on gasoline and diesel 12 times and has collected Rs 17 lakh crore .
Where has this money gone? For whose benefit has this money been used? We ask the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, to come forward and answer these questions. “
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