Team News Riveting
Lucknow, January 6
Launching yet another attack on the Central government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that “two India” exist under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Addressing a rally as part of the ‘Bharat Jodo yatra’ in Haryana’s Panipat, Gandhi said one India had been for the labourers, farmers and the unemployed while the second represented 100 rich people who hold half of the nation’s wealth.
He also slammed the Centre over the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and demonetisation and termed them “weapons” to destroy small and medium businesses. According to him, 90 companies control 90 per cent of profits in the country, leaving the common people with nothing.
“Today, half of the country’s wealth is held by its 100 richest people. Do you think this is fair?,” Gandhi quizzed at the rally. “I will give you the second figure. If you take the profits of all corporate companies of the country, 90 per cent of the profits are in the hands of only 20 companies. This is the truth of Narendra Modi’s India,” the former Congress President said.
He claimed that thousands of small businesses were functional in Panipat, providing employment to lakhs of people till the government came up with demonetisation and GST. “Demonetisation and GST were not policies but weapons to destroy small and medium businesses. The impact of these two measures was felt not just in Panipat or Haryana but across the country,” the Wayanad Member of Parliament added.
Significantly, Gandhi’s remarks came days after the Supreme Court approved Centre’s 2016 decision to demonetise currency notes of denomination Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 and ruled that the decision-making process was neither flawed nor hasty.
