Rahul takes dig at ‘Modi hai toh mumkin hai’ over GDP prediction

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Rahul takes dig at ‘Modi hai toh mumkin hai’ over GDP prediction

Thursday, 13 August 2020 | PNS | New Delhi

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi citing BJP’s election slogan “Modi hai toh mumkin hai” while attacking the Government over reported claims that India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth may be lowest since Independence.

Taking to Twitter, Rahul shared Infosys co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy’s purported remark that “GDP growth may hit the lowest point since 1947”. “Modi hai toh mumkin hai,” he tweeted.

Last week, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said India’s real GDP will contract in the first half of FY21 as well as full financial year.

The former Congress chief has been vociferously targeting the Prime Minister and BJP-led government over several issues including the standoff with China, economic distress, and COVID-19 handling.

Flagging fears that the country’s GDP growth may even touch its lowest since independence in the backdrop of coronavirus pandemic, Murthy on Monday said the economy should be brought back on track and people should be prepared to live with the pathogen. He also pitched for developing a new system that should allow every player in every sector of the country’s economy to operate at full steam with suitable precautions.

“India’s GDP is expected to shrink by at least five per cent. There is a fear that we may even reach the lowest GDP (growth) since independence, since 1947,” Murthy said.

Couple of days ago, Rahul had hit out at the centre over the unemployment issue accusing the Narendra Modi government of failing to meet its promises.

He accused the Narendra Modi government of failing to meet its promise of jobs for two crore people every year, and then enacting policies that “destroyed India’s economic structure” and left crores without jobs. He launched the “Rozgar Do” campaign and urged young people without jobs to raise their voices, speak out and “awaken the government from its slumber”.

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