Stop Eating Food, Using Petrol if You Think Inflation a Calamity: Chhattisgarh BJP MLA

BJP MLA in Chhattisgarh and former state minister Brijmohan Agrawal has stoked a controversy as he mentioned that those that name inflation a nationwide calamity ought to cease consuming meals and utilizing petrol. The Congress, which is in energy within the state, termed his assertion “shameful” and said the day is not far when the saffron party will ask those who oppose the BJP-led Centre to leave the country.

Talking to reporters on Thursday, Agrawal said, “If the inflation is a national calamity, then I think those who are calling it so should stop eating and drinking. They should quit food and stop using petrol.”

“I believe if Congressmen and those that have voted to Congress will accomplish that, the inflation would routinely come down,” he said. A video of the MLA making the statement has gone viral on social media platforms.

When contacted, Agrawal said on Friday, “While interacting with reporters, I satirically made a statement that if Congressmen stop eating and using petrol, inflation would decline as the state Congress chief had termed inflation as a national calamity.” He mentioned he made the assertion in a lighter vein whereas talking to reporters after the press meet and it was not his intention to ask anybody to cease having meals or utilizing petrol. Slamming him over the assertion, Chhattisgarh Congress’s communication wing in-charge Shailesh Nitin Trivedi mentioned the BJP can’t even realise the ache of people who find themselves bearing the brunt of the worth rise.