Congress targets PM over ‘drain of wealth’, crony capitalism
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had stopped “abusing” industrialists Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani and hinted at a deal, the Congress stepped up its counter-attack on the BJP and Mr. Modi over the issue of crony capitalism.
In a fresh video addressing the youth, Mr. Gandhi said Mr. Modi would resort to “drama and distraction” in the next four to ve days since he knows that he won’t be Prime Minister again and the election is slipping out of his hands.
“Unemployment is the biggest issue and Narendra Modi ji had promised you (the youth) two crore jobs every year. He lied, instead announced demonetisation and implemented a ¬awed GST but did everything for the benet of people like Adani,” Mr. Gandhi said in his video.
“On June 4, the INDIA bloc will form the government and by August 15, the process of giving employment to 30 lakh youth will start under bharti bharosa
[job assurance] scheme,” he added.
In a separate statement, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh accused the Modi government of aiding the “drain of wealth” from ordinary Indians to crony corporates.
“Since 2014, we have seen a ‘drain of wealth’ from Bharat ke parivaar
(India’s families) to Modi ka parivaar (Modi’s family). This is the intentional e¢ect of the Prime Minister’s ‘Hum Do Humaare Do’ policy of favouring his cronies. The National Accounts Statistics released on May 7 show that India’s net household savings have decreased by ₹9 lakh crore in three years,” Mr. Ramesh claimed.
He said loans to households have risen from ₹7 lakh crore to ₹14 lakh crore in the last three years.