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Rahul to PM: Tell Davos why 1% Indians have 73% of its wealth

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to tell people in Davos why one per cent of India's population has 73 per cent of its wealth. Rahul, who put out a tweet, addressing the Prime Minister, also tagged a news report quoting an Oxfam survey that the richest one per cent cornered 73 per cent of wealth generated in India in 2017.

"Dear PM, Welcome to Switzerland! Please tell DAVOS why 1% of India's population gets 73% of its wealth?  I'm attaching a report for your ready reference," Rahul tweeted. He has been critical of the Prime Minister — who is in Davos for the World Economic Forum —for his foreign visits and attacked his Government for allegedly working for the rich and waiving their loans.

The BJP hit back at the Congress chief saying it was the result of Gandhi family's patented "poverty perpetuation" governance model and  termed his comment a case of pot calling the kettle black.

"Dear @OfficeofRG This inequality is the disastrous consequence of your family's patented Nehru Congress's "Poverty Perpetuation" Model of Governance by which only Congressis became rich," BJP national spokesperson GVL Narsimha Rao tweeted.

Rao said in the last three-and-a-half years the Modi Government has tirelessly worked towards inclusive growth, and taken a number of pro-poor initiatives such as Jandhan Yojana and Ujjawala Yojana. "While 'garibi hatao' (eradicate poverty) was merely a slogan for Congress, for the BJP 'sabka sath, sabka vikas' (collective efforts, inclusive growth) is its model of governance," BJP said.