‘Ruining’ of economy began with demonetisation, govt introduced erroneous policies: Rahul

New Delhi, September 1

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The Congress on Tuesday attacked the Centre over the GDP slump, with former party chief Rahul Gandhi alleging that the “ruining” of the economy began with the demonetisation and the government thereafter introduced one “erroneous” policy after another.

The country’s economy suffered its worst slump on record in April-June, with the gross domestic product (GDP) contracting by 23.9 per cent as the coronavirus-related lockdown weighed on the already declining consumer demand and investment.

“GDP – 23.9. The ruining of the country’s economy began with demonetisation. Since then, the government introduced one erroneous policy after another,” Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet.

GDP -23.9

देश की अर्थव्यवस्था की बर्बादी नोटबंदी से शुरू हुई थी।

तब से सरकार ने एक के बाद एक ग़लत नीतियों की लाइन लगा दी।https://t.co/rNewLiHfB2

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) September 1, 2020

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also alleged that the government was responsible for the slump in the economy.

Rahul Gandhi had spoken of an “economic tsunami” six months ago while the government announced a package just for “show” and look at the condition now, Priyanka Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.

The BJP government has caused a slump in the economy, she alleged.

Congress’ chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said in a tweet in Hindi: “Modi ji, at least now accept that what you hailed as masterstrokes were actually ‘disaster strokes’ — demonetisation, faulty GST and lockdown.”

मोदी जी,

अब तो मान लीजिए कि जिसे आपने “मास्टर स्ट्रोक” कहा, वास्तव में वो “डिसास्टर स्ट्रोक” थे!

नोटबंदी,
ग़लत जीएसटी,
और
देशबंदी (तालाबंदी) ।#GDP2020

— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) September 1, 2020

6 Years of Govt – “Acts of Fraud” !

Last three months- “Act of God” ?

Fraud on People, Blame on God !!!

MODI HAI TO YE BHI MUMKIN HAI !#GDP2020

— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) September 1, 2020

The GDP contraction is the sharpest contraction since quarterly figures started being published in 1996 and worse than what was expected by most analysts.

Chief Economic Adviser KV Subramanian, however, has said the economy was “experiencing a V-shaped recovery” after the lockdown eased. PTI