Ensure jobs or leave PM's post: Rahul Gandhi begins day with poetic attack on Modi govt

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi once again attacked the Narendra Modi government on economy, posting a Hindi couplet on social media website Twitter.

IndiaToday.in  | Written by Dev Goswami
New Delhi, November 5, 2017 | UPDATED 11:17 IST
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi (PTI photo)Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi (PTI photo)

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi continued what seems to have become a Twitter campaign taking on the Narendra Modi government on various issues, mostly related to the economy.

Sending out an early-morning tweet, Gandhi posted a couplet in Hindi saying, "Gas is expensive, ration is expensive; Stop this empty talk; Control prices, provide jobs; Otherwise leave the throne."

Rahul's tweet carried along with it a link to a Hindi news report regarding a hike in the prices of LPG cylinders. The report claimed it was the 19th such hike in the last 16 months.

Rahul's tweet comes as the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party slug out in Gujarat, which will vote in a new Assembly later next month. The two parties are also locked in an election battle in Himachal Pradesh, where voting will be held this week.

Opinion polls have given BJP an advantage over the Congress in both the states, but the former still seems to be a facing a tough fight in Gujarat, which will be going to the polls for the first time since Prime Minister Narendra Modi left Gandhinagar for New Delhi.

The Congress and its vice-president have made economy one of their biggest election issues. Gandhi has repeatedly attacked PM Modi and his finance minister Arun Jaitley over demonetisation and the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax, which Rahul termed 'Gabbar Singh Tax' in another tweet.

The Gandhi scion, who is tipped to soon take over the grand old party from his mother Sonia, has also displayed exceptional wit and humour on Twitter off late. His use of a Hindi rhyme to target the Modi government isn't new - he recently posted a Mirza Ghalib-inspired tweet to attack Finance Minister Jaitley.

"Sabko maaloom hai ease of doing business ki haqeeqat, khud ko khush rakhne ke liye Dr Jaitley khayal achha hai," Rahul Gandhi tweeted last week.

Some of the Congress vice-president's other Twitter gems have included attacks related to the economy, Indian culture and PM Modi's speeches.

Last month, Rahul said PM Modi trying to 'demon-etise' Tamil pride (a reference to state BJP leaders opposing scenes related to GST in the Vijay-starrer Mersal) and asked him to give Donald Trump another hug after the US president tweeted positively about the current Pakistani leadership.

Gandhi also recently forecast a 'rain of jumlas' ahead of the prime minister visiting poll-bound Gujarat and memorably shared a column in which former finance minister Yashawant Sinha attacked the Modi government economy with a tweet saying, "Ladies & Gentlemen, this is your copilot & FM speaking. Plz fasten your seat belts & take brace position. The wings have fallen off our plane".