A day after the debate on price rise in the Lok Sabha, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took to social media platforms to attack the Government where he alleged that the Government will not be able to see inflation as it is wearing the "blindfolds of arrogance" and selling the country's property in "free fund" to friends.
In an apparent reference to BJP leader and former Union minister Jayant Sinha asserting during the debate that the Opposition is looking for 'mehngai" but has been unable to find it, Rahul Gandhi tweeted, "Well, how will they see inflation? Wearing blindfolds of arrogance, they are selling the country's property in 'free fund' to 'friends'."
He said the BJP-led Government, busy celebrating 'Amrit kaal', said in the House that there is no 'mehngai' in the country. He also shared a table comparing the prices of essential commodities from 2019 to 2022.
Rahul's remarks were also a dig at BJP MP Nishikant Dubey's comments during the debate. Speaking in Hindi, Dubey had said Prime Minister Modi gave "free fund" food to 80 crore poor even in adverse circumstances.
The country is battling an "epidemic of unemployment" with crores of families left with no means of a stable income but the government is spending billions just to polish the image of an "arrogant king", Rahul added in a lengthy Facebook post in Hindi.
He said the Congress had tried to get the government to answer the questions of the people during the ongoing Monsoon session of Parliament.
However, everyone saw how Opposition MPs were suspended, arrested for protests and House adjourned.
"Yesterday when the discussion did take place, the government clearly said that 'there is no problem like inflation! The country is battling an epidemic of unemployment, crores of families are left with no means of stable income. But the government is spending billions of rupees just to polish the image of an 'arrogant king'," Rahul said, attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In the post addressed to the people of the country, the former Congress chief said, "Don't consider yourself alone, the Congress is your voice, and you are Congress' strength. We have to fight with every decree of the dictator, every attempt to suppress the voice of the people."
"For you, the Congress party and myself have been fighting, and will continue to fight. You know very well which issues need to be discussed in the country today because every wrong policy of the government is affecting your life," he said.