Raipur,DEC 27: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday termed the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) as an attack on the poor people of the country and said that it was akin to taxing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Talking\nto reporters here, the Congress leader said, “Whether it is NRC and NPR,\nit is a tax on poor people of the country. Demonetisation was a tax on poor\npeople of the country. This too is the same thing. Go to the officer…poor\npeople will go…show your papers…give bribe if your name is slightly wrong.\nCrores of money will go from the poor people to the same 15 people.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I\nam saying that it is an attack on poor people. Poor people are asking how will\nwe get employment? The economy earlier used to grow at 9 per cent, now it has\ncome down to 4 per cent, that too when it is being measured by the new method.\nBy the old method, it will be 2.5 per cent,” he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lamenting\nabout the state of the economy, Rahul said, “You know about the economy.\nToday, unemployment is highest in 45 years. That is not so in Chhattisgarh.\nBecause we are helping farmers here, providing them the right prices. BJP and\nNarendra Modi government in the country are not able to explain why they blew\nthe Indian economy to pieces (wo ye nahi bata pa rahi hai ki unhone Hindustan\nke arthvyvasthe ki dhajjiyan kyun udai),” he said while speaking to reporters\nhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Earlier\nthe world used to say that India and China are growing at the same pace but now\nthe world is seeing violence in India, women not feeling safe on the streets\nand rising unemployment,” the Congress leader said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hitting\nout at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rahul said, “But Narendra Modi is not\nable to explain that. Probably, he too doesn’t understand what is happening,\nhow did this happen. Earlier, he used to mock, now he is not able to do the job\nof Prime Minister.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\nalleged that the country’s time is being wasted and that money is being given\nto “the 15 richest people.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The\nentire capital went to their pockets from the market. Nobody is buying\nanything. Factories are getting closed. It is simple economics, there is\nnothing difficult here. But perhaps the Prime Minister is not able to\nunderstand this,” said the Wayanad lawmaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– ANI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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