New Delhi: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government for the soaring prices of essential commodities under its rule.
In a video montage shared in a post on social media platform ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) Sunday, Kharge compared the prices of essential items, including milk, onion, tomatoes and sugar, in 2014, with the current prices.
Calling the situation “Mehngaai-nomics”, Kharge wrote, “What kind of “developed India” is this…? Where the BJP has mastered looting!!”
महँगाई-nomics
ये कैसा "विकसित भारत"…?
जहाँ भाजपाई लूट को प्राप्त है महारत !! pic.twitter.com/oOAg4yTqoR
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) December 17, 2023
Kharge’s post comes a day after Rahul Gandhi linked the Parliament security breach to unemployment and inflation.
On Saturday, Rahul said that the high unemployment rate in India led to the security lapse in the Indian Parliament. “Yes there has been a breach, but the reason behind it is inflation and unemployment,” he said outside the Congress headquarters in Delhi.
“It (unemployment) is a boiling issue across the country. Due to Modiji’s policies, Indian youth is not getting employment,” he added.
Meanwhile, according to party sources, the Congress will hold a meeting of its working committee on 21 December to prepare for the 2024 general elections and devise a strategy to take on the BJP.
The meeting would discuss the possibility of a yatra by Rahul Gandhi before the 2024 polls, with unemployment and price rise as its main themes, the sources told NDTV.
(Edited by Richa Mishra)
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