New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the Centre should stop acting like a “money lender” for its children by giving them credit instead of cash, and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reconsider the COVID-19 economic stimulus package.
Interacting with journalists of regional media via video conferencing, he said he was trying to put pressure on the government for generating demand by putting money into the accounts of the poor and vulnerable sections of society.
Gandhi said a ‘storm’ was brewing on the economic front that will cause damage and hurt many.
“The storm has not come yet, it is coming and will cause big economic damage and hurt many,” he said.
The Congress leader asserted that if demand is not generated, the country will suffer a bigger loss economically than from the novel coronavirus.
He also said that it is important to lift the lockdown intelligently without sacrificing the old and vulnerable population to the disease.
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Pappu opens his mouth again and puts his foot in it.
This is laughable. On the one hand, Rahul ridicules Modi, and his minions mock at the announcements made by the PM and FM as “Zeroes” and “Jumlas”. Then he asks that changes should be made. Clearly, what they are saying is only to somehow try to convince people that THEY have better ideas, plans and CASH to give to the poor. The only obstacle in the grand path of their altruism is that Modi, and NOT RAHUL, is occupying the PM’s chair. Sheer hypocrisy.