New Delhi (19/07/2022): Opposition leaders including Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday protested against the Centre over rising prices of essential commodities and joined the opposition protest in this matter in the Parliament.
The Monsoon Session of Parliament began on Monday, and it coincided with the Presidential Elections 2022.
In a Facebook post today, Rahul Gandhi called Central Government as ‘vasooli sarkar’ (the one who makes enough for sustainance without caring about others) and wrote, “Apki baar, ‘vasooli’ sarkar? From now on, 5 per cent GST will be charged from the public on packaged products like milk, curd, butter, rice, pulses, bread.”
“The daily food items became expensive, the cylinder became Rs 1053 but the government says ‘Sab changa si’. Meaning, this inflation is the problem of the people, not of the government,” alleged the Congress leader.
Recalling the times prior to 2014, when PM Modi was in the Opposition, Rahul Gandhi said, “When the Prime Minister was in Opposition, he had made inflation the biggest issue, but today he has pushed the public into a deep quagmire of problems, in which people are getting drowned every day. The Prime Minister is silent on this helplessness of yours and is happy on propagating lies.”
“I and the entire Congress party stand with you (the public) against every atrocity being committed on you by the government. We will raise this issue vigorously in the House. No matter how many words the Prime Minister tries to silence us by calling it ‘unparliamentary’, he will have to answer,” stressed the Congress leader.
