In a weird occasion, senior Bharatiya Janata Party chief from Chhattisgarh stoked an argument saying those that assume {that a} excessive inflation fee is a nationwide calamity ought to cease consuming.
Former cupboard minister of Raman Singh authorities, Brijmohan Agrawal was talking to the media in Raipur on Thursday.
The senior chief when requested about folks complaining in regards to the skyrocketing costs of important commodities, mentioned if folks take into account it a nationwide calamity, they need to shun meals and cease utilizing petrol and diesel.
“I think inflation will come down if only congressmen and those backing the party will do these things.”
Congress spokesperson Sushil Anand Shukla was fast to retaliate saying it’s nothing however a resonance of Agrawal’s large property collected via corrupt means in the final 15 years.
“On one hand, his government’s policies of profiteering are crushing commoners under inflation and the senior leader is shamelessly advising people to stop eating,” mentioned Shukla.
To add, gas costs, pulses, and edible oil charges have proven a pointy surge in the previous couple of weeks, giving robust time to the commoners, he added.
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