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Congress President Sonia Gandhi kept up her attacks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his government and the BJP on various issues, including the Lakhimpur Kheri killing of farmers, economy, targetted murders in Jammu and Kashmir and foreign policy.
In her opening remarks at the Congress Working Committee (CWC), she said the shocking incidents at Lakhimpur-Kheri recently betrays the mindset of the BJP, how it perceives the farmers agitation, how it has been dealing with this determined struggle by the farmers to protect their lives and livelihoods.
"The economy continues to be a cause of great concern in spite of the government propaganda to make us believe that it is not," she said.
"As we all know, the only answer the government seems to have for economic recovery is selling off national assets built with great effort over the decades. The public sector has had not just strategic and economic objectives---it has had social goals as well, as, for instance, empowerment of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes and development of backward areas," Sonia Gandhi added.
"But all this is in jeopardy with the Modi government’s single-point agenda of Becho, Becho, Becho (sell, sell, sell)."
She said the prices of essential commodities - food and fuel included - continue to rise unabated. "Could anyone in the country ever imagine that petrol prices would be over 100 rupees a litre, diesel would be nearing the 100 rupees a litre mark, a gas cylinder would cost 900 rupees and cooking oil would be 200 rupees a litre. This is making life unbearable for people across the country," the Congress President said.
"Since we last met, the government of India has changed its vaccine procurement policy. This has been done in response to the demands of the states. This was one of those rare occasions when the states were actually heard and the country benefitted. Even so, cooperative federalism remains only a slogan and the Centre loses no opportunity to put non-BJP states at a disadvantage."
Sonia Gandhi's sharp attack came in the wake of the Tata Sons' acquired the troubled national carrier Air India for 180 billion rupees ($2.4 billion) last week.