By PTI
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday took a dig on the Centre on the difficulty of worth rise, saying unemployment and inflation have been “two brothers” of the Modi authorities.
Ahead of Sunday’s ‘Mehngai par halla bol’ rally of the social gathering on the Ramlila Maidan right here, Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh stated the rally was not being held to canvas for the 2024 polls, however to spotlight the 2 “biggest challenges” of inflation and unemployment to the folks.
“We had protested against this even on August 5. About 70 MPs were detained, including Rahul Gandhi. People from 12-13 states are coming and we want to send an effective message to the insensitive Modi government that people are suffering from this back-breaking inflation and unemployment and solutions should be found for them,” Ramesh stated.
Asked about Ghulam Nabi Azad’s rally in Jammu on Sunday, Ramesh stated he would communicate in regards to the Congress rally, not that of the BJP.
On BJP’s allegation that the Congress was making an attempt to divert folks’s consideration from the difficulty of corruption, Ramesh stated the social gathering has been protesting in opposition to rising costs for over a 12 months.
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“A rally was held in Jaipur. About 70 MPs were detained from Vijay Chowk. We have raised these issues inside and outside Parliament. We have held protests in various states. This rally is part of that series of protests.”
“On September 7, we will begin the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ which too will have the economic disparity as the biggest issue,” Ramesh stated.
“Modi government has two brothers- unemployment and inflation. Modi government has two brothers- ED and CBI,” the Congress chief went on to say.
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and a number of social gathering leaders are slated to handle the rally.
Party staff from Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, and different elements of the nation, are converging for the occasion.
The rally comes forward of the opposition social gathering’s 3,500-km ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ which is able to traverse the size of the nation from Kanyakumari to Kashmir beginning on September 7.
Congress has stated the rally’s goal is to spotlight the problems of worth hikes and unemployment and to advertise communal concord within the nation.
The social gathering stated its staff will proceed to lift these points as a accountable opposition and can take to the streets to struggle for the reason for the frequent folks.
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday took a dig on the Centre on the difficulty of worth rise, saying unemployment and inflation have been “two brothers” of the Modi authorities.
Ahead of Sunday’s ‘Mehngai par halla bol’ rally of the social gathering on the Ramlila Maidan right here, Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh stated the rally was not being held to canvas for the 2024 polls, however to spotlight the 2 “biggest challenges” of inflation and unemployment to the folks.
“We had protested against this even on August 5. About 70 MPs were detained, including Rahul Gandhi. People from 12-13 states are coming and we want to send an effective message to the insensitive Modi government that people are suffering from this back-breaking inflation and unemployment and solutions should be found for them,” Ramesh stated.
Asked about Ghulam Nabi Azad’s rally in Jammu on Sunday, Ramesh stated he would communicate in regards to the Congress rally, not that of the BJP.
On BJP’s allegation that the Congress was making an attempt to divert folks’s consideration from the difficulty of corruption, Ramesh stated the social gathering has been protesting in opposition to rising costs for over a 12 months.
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“A rally was held in Jaipur. About 70 MPs were detained from Vijay Chowk. We have raised these issues inside and outside Parliament. We have held protests in various states. This rally is part of that series of protests.”
“On September 7, we will begin the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ which too will have the economic disparity as the biggest issue,” Ramesh stated.
“Modi government has two brothers- unemployment and inflation. Modi government has two brothers- ED and CBI,” the Congress chief went on to say.
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and a number of social gathering leaders are slated to handle the rally.
Party staff from Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, and different elements of the nation, are converging for the occasion.
The rally comes forward of the opposition social gathering’s 3,500-km ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ which is able to traverse the size of the nation from Kanyakumari to Kashmir beginning on September 7.
Congress has stated the rally’s goal is to spotlight the problems of worth hikes and unemployment and to advertise communal concord within the nation.
The social gathering stated its staff will proceed to lift these points as a accountable opposition and can take to the streets to struggle for the reason for the frequent folks.
