A file picture of Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
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Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra slammed the BJP-led Centre over its proposal to borrow greater than ₹14 lakh crore, asking why the federal government is “drowning the people in debt” the “burden of unemployment, inflation and economic crisis” is growing.
In her price range speech final month, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to borrow ₹14.13 lakh crore by issuing dated securities to satisfy a income shortfall within the subsequent monetary 12 months beginning April 1.
In a submit in Hindi on X on March 30, Ms. Gandhi stated, “The Finance Ministry stated that the government is going to borrow more than ₹14 lakh crore in the current financial year. Why?” In the 67 years since independence until 2014, the nation’s complete debt was ₹55 lakh crore, the Congress normal secretary stated whereas stating that within the final decade, the Narendra Modi authorities elevated it to ₹205 lakh crore. The Modi authorities has borrowed about ₹150 lakh crore within the final 10 years, she claimed.
“Today, every citizen of the country has an average debt of about ₹1.5 lakh. For which aspect of nation-building was this money used?” she requested on the microblogging platform. Were jobs created on a big scale or did jobs disappear, she requested. “Has the income of farmers doubled? Are schools and hospitals given a facelift? Has the public sector been strengthened or weakened? Have big factories and industries been set up?” she requested.
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If this has not occurred, if the core sectors of the economic system are seen to be in a state of disrepair, if the labour power has declined, if small and medium companies have been destroyed, then the place has this cash gone, the Congress chief requested. “On whom was it spent? How much money was written off in this? How much money was spent on loan waivers for big billionaires?” she requested additional.
“Now, when the Centre is preparing to borrow, the question arises that why is the BJP government drowning the people in debt when instead of providing relief to them, the burden of unemployment, inflation and economic crisis kept on increasing in the last 10 years,” she stated.
Centre is ‘pressuring’ the judiciary, says Ms. Gandhi
In one other submit, Ms. Gandhi accused the Centre of “pressuring” the judiciary after the Supreme Court struck down the electoral bonds scheme and questioned whether or not the Narendra Modi authorities doesn’t approve of an unbiased and powerful judiciary. Her remarks got here days after Prime Minister Modi criticised the grand previous social gathering in response to greater than 600 legal professionals writing to the Chief Justice of India, alleging {that a} “vested interest group” is attempting to pressurise the judiciary and defame courts. PM Modi stated it was a “vintage Congress culture” to browbeat and bully others.
In a submit in Hindi on X, Ms. Gandhi stated, “The manner in which the judicial system is being pressured by getting letters written after seeing the layers of scams being exposed by a decision of the Supreme Court on electoral bonds (which the public is calling ‘extortion racket’), and then the prime minister himself entering the arena and making negative comments on the judiciary, shows that there is something fishy.” “And there is something about which he himself is probably nervous,” she stated.
“Troubled by political interference, Supreme Court judges holding press conferences, sending a judge to Rajya Sabha, fielding a (former) judge as a candidate in elections, trying to control the appointment of judges and commenting on the judiciary when decisions are against them… Does Modiji’s government not approve of an independent and strong judiciary?” she requested.
