Modi pushing India into financial slavery: Cong

Nagpur: Congress general secretary Mohan Prakash on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre accusing it of pushing the country towards financial slavery on the instructions of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) supremo Mohan Bhagwat.
Interacting with the media here, Mohan Prakash, former MLA, said Modi government had crippled the economy of small and medium traders through disasters like demonetisation and then imposing Goods and Services Tax (GST) without proper preparation. “As a result, entire country is suffering as the prices of essential commodities have touched the sky. Prices of edible oils are soaring to a new high everyday. This is not inflation, but loot by the Modi government in collusion with his friends like industrialist Adani,” he said.
“Inflation used to peak during the Congress government, but we used to control it by using different measures,” said the Congress leader.
Accusing the central government of causing loss of about 14 crore jobs during the last one-and-a-half years, the grand old party’s spokesperson sought answer from Bhagwat as to who was responsible for this. “His (Bhagwat’s) humble swayamsevak is now India’s prime minister, who is bent on selling government companies. LIC (Life Insurance Corporation of India) is the lifeline of the country and has employed lakhs of youths and it also provides a whopping revenue to the government. No Indian citizen would want to sell it to private parties. However, the Modi government is a puppet in the hands of a few countries, which want to push India towards economic slavery.”
Accompanied by Congress city president Vikas Thakre, Mohan Prakash alleged that the US e-commerce giant Amazon had allegedly paid bribes to the government to push its products in the Indian market through the ‘Great Indian Festival’. “The company has paid Rs8,546 crore as legal fees in the last two years for finishing the small traders. It was later disclosed that the amount was allegedly paid as bribe and the company had partially admitted to it,” he said.
Criticising central and Uttar Pradesh governments for misbehaving with senior opposition leaders like Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra, Mohan Prakash said such things never happened during Congress regimes. “The UP government meted out inhuman treatment to opposition leaders in Lakhimpur Kheri where farmers were allegedly mowed down by convoy of Union minister’s son. It’s not happening for the first time. Earlier also, Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra was stopped by the police from meeting Hathras gang-rape victim’s kin. She was not going to address any rally there, but was to meet the victims’ families. Union home minister (Amit) Shah and Tanashah are pushing the country away from democracy and bringing it on the brink of dictatorship,” he claimed.