Protesting in opposition to the federal government over its asset monetization pipeline plan, the Congress plans to take the difficulty to the grassroots degree with a sequence of press conferences by its leaders throughout the nation.
The opposition social gathering alleged that the central authorities was resorting to promoting “family silver”, proving the “gross incompetence” of the Modi cupboard in successfully managing the Indian economic system.
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter to assault the federal government with hashtag ‘IndiaOncel’ saying, ‘The nation is speaking about friend-monopoly’.
Speaking in the identical vein, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is dedicated to the welfare of his “friends of friends”.
“The goal is to profit shut mates. Modi ji is dedicated to the welfare of his mates and the nation’s wealth is now not in secure palms.
He additionally alleged that as a way to sprinkle salt on the injuries of the struggling widespread folks amid falling GDP development, the Prime Minister is taking their hard-earned cash out of their pockets and filling their coffers.
“They have now decided to sell the country’s valuable assets worth Rs 6 lakh crore – roads, rail, mines, telecommunications, electricity, gas, airports, ports, sports stadiums and what not,” the Congress spokesperson alleged.
Congress chief Mukul Wasnik will handle Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge in Assam’s Guwahati on August 31 and in Hyderabad on September 1, as a part of his nationwide plan to take the difficulty to the widespread folks, social gathering sources mentioned.
The sequence of press conferences began earlier this week with Rahul Gandhi being held for the primary time in Delhi.
Besides Wasnik, one other distinguished member of the ’23 Group’ leaders who wrote to Sonia Gandhi demanding change in Congress – Shashi Tharoor – has additionally been included and can handle the media in Kashmir.
Another chief who has rebelled in opposition to the social gathering’s personal authorities in Rajasthan, Sachin Pilot will handle the media in Bengaluru, whereas Milind Deora will maintain a press convention in Cochin.
Senior chief and former finance minister P Chidambaram will maintain a press convention in Mumbai on September 3 whereas Ajay Maken will maintain a press convention in Raipur on the identical day.
Several different Congress leaders together with Bhupesh Baghel in Lucknow and Digvijay Singh in Patna will handle the media.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
