BJP firebrand Shazia Ilmi launched a no-holds-barred critique of Rahul Gandhi’s X post, labeling his economic doomsday predictions as deliberate misinformation aimed at tarnishing India’s image.
Gandhi alleged that steep US tariffs and uncertainty are battering textile exports, causing mass layoffs and plant shutdowns—symptoms, he said, of a fundamentally flawed economy.
From New Delhi, Ilmi told IANS that Gandhi is out of touch. ‘No reading, no understanding. He should at least search online for facts on our textile revival,’ she mocked.
She extolled the September 2025 GST 2.0 overhaul, which fixed duty inversions in textiles, spurring investments and growth. ‘Congress left it in ruins; we’ve engineered unprecedented export surges and GDP expansion. Gandhi lies to curry favor abroad with his ‘dead economy’ chant,’ Ilmi fired.
Ilmi connected the dots to Congress’s internal chaos, citing Gandhi’s avoidance of Shashi Tharoor in Kerala events. ‘Insecurity drives him to isolate experienced leaders. Tharoor’s support for Operation Sindoor and our diplomacy bruised his ego, highlighting organizational rot and absent leadership.’
On Mamata Banerjee invoking Netaji’s name, Ilmi decried it as peak audacity. ‘Netaji sacrificed everything for freedom and patriotism. Mamata ridicules the Constitution, rejects SIR, battles central probes, and scorns institutions. Laugh or cry? It’s an insult to history,’ she wrapped up emphatically.