Massive economic storm on the way; PM not heeding own austerity appeal: Rahul

RAEBARELI, May 19: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday warned of a massive economic storm moving inexorably towards the country, the likes of which “we have never experienced.” Slamming Prime Minister Narendra Modi for flying off on a five-nation tour right after his appeal to the people to refrain from going abroad, Gandhi also said that the grand economic structure built by Adani-Ambani will collapse in the storm but the tycoons will be in their palaces while the common person will bear the brunt.
“The structure, which he (Narendra Modi) has made, the one of Adani and Ambani, will not remain intact, and will crumble. And, sadly, the loss will be felt by the common people. In other words, they will remain in their palaces, and the entire shock will be experienced by the youth and people of UP,” Gandhi told reporters after addressing a gathering here.
Earlier, addressing a function after the inauguration of a wedding hall in Bachhravan here, Gandhi criticised Modi for flying off abroad right after his appeal to the people to refrain from travelling to foreign nations.
“Day after day, we have been urging Narendra Modi to start protecting the workers and the small traders ?¦ Yet, what does he do! He flies off to Norway. And in Norway, he says, brother! Help Adani, help Ambani,” he said.He then warned of an impending economic crisis coming the country’s way.
“The sad thing is that a severe economic storm is coming, which no one can stop, which we have never experienced in our lives,” he said, adding that the tycoons will be untouched.
“Who will get hurt, not Ambani or Adani. They will remain in their palaces, secured from all four sides. It is the farmers of India, labourers, youth, the small businessmen and small industries, who generate employment (who would get hurt),” the leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said.
Gandhi said that as a consequence of the Strait of Hormuz crisis, the entire world is rapidly beginning to face severe shortages of oil, fertilisers, and diesel.’
“Petrol prices are set to rise, and inflation will skyrocket. Yet, they say Rahul Gandhi has no understanding. Even today, we continue to tell them: Take action. Protect the public, protect the farmers. But they have nothing to do. Sometimes they fly off to Norway, then to Japan, and then somewhere else. Why?” he said.The Lok Sabha MP from Raebareli alleged that under the current central dispensation schemes like MGNREGA, will gradually be dismantled. (PTI)