Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over price rise issue, questioning why he did not say anything about it on the completion of two years of NDA government. He accused him of not delivering on the promises of checking the price rise of essential commodities made during the Lok Sabha elections.<br/><br/>Participating in a discussion on Price Rise in the Lok Sabha, Mr. Gandhi said rising prices of pulses and vegetables in the country are main concerns of the common man and the government should give a deadline to the House, when it will be controlled. <br/><br/>He also said the UPA government had waived over 70 thousand crore rupees loans of farmers, but the NDA gave a bailout package of 52 thousand crore rupees to corporates and did not give any relief to farmers, women and poor. He also took a dig at government's Start-up India, Make in India and other schemes.<br/><br/>Earlier initiating the discussion, P Karunakaran of CPI(M) asked the government to take action against black-marketing and hoarding to contain the prices. He questioned, why the benefits of low prices of petrol and diesel in the international market are not being passed on to the common man. <br/><br/>Saying that farmers are not getting better prices of their produce, Mr. Karunakaran urged the government to come up with remedial measures for their welfare.
News On AIR | July 28, 2016 6:16 PM
Rahul Gandhi attack PM over price rise issue