Rahul Gandhi: People's trust in economy has evaporated, PM and team have no understanding
TNN Bureau. Updated: 8/5/2020 12:12:58 PM
Politics
Jammu, Aug 5: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi criticized the government on the state of the economy, saying people's trust and confidence in the economy have evaporated and the situation has deteriorated.
In a tweet, he said neither the prime minister nor his team has the understanding to fix the problem and it is only a matter of time that every Indian will understand this.
Gandhi tagged an article by former prime minister Manmohan Singh, in which he calls for rebuilding India's confidence and betterment of the economy besides suggesting that the path to a assisted recovery is to improve sentiments in society, using economic tools. "People's trust and confidence in the economy has evaporated. The situation has deteriorated.
"PM and his team have neither the understanding, the tools nor the ability to fix the problem. It's only a question of time before every Indian is forced to understand this," Rahul Gandhi said on Twitter. The former Congress president has been critical of the Modi government in the handling of the economy over the past few years.
Commenting on the health of the country's economy, the former party president said "the atmosphere is dire."He also tweeted an article, co-authored by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, published in a national daily on August 3.