New Delhi. Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that the entire country suffered the corona virus epidemic, but the poor and middle class people were also victims of the Narendra Modi government’s ‘economic epidemic’. . Quoting a news, he tweeted, “The entire country has suffered the COVID epidemic, but the poor class and middle class are also victims of the ‘economic epidemic’ of the Modi government.
The entire country suffered the COVID epidemic, but the poor class and middle class are also victims of the ‘economic epidemic’ of the Modi government.
The credit for digging this growing gap between rich and poor goes to the central government. #whose_good_day pic.twitter.com/s5HT4038rH
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 24, 2022
The credit for digging this widening gap between rich and poor goes to the central government. In the news shared by Rahul Gandhi, citing a recent study, it has been said that in the last five years, the annual household income of the poorest 20 percent of Indian households has decreased by about 53 percent. Similarly, the household income of 20 percent of the lower middle class people also declined by 32 percent. According to this news, during the last five years, the income of the richest 20 percent of the people in the country has increased by 39 percent.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala also tweeted about this news, “Modi government is only for the rich! It is now in front – the poor and the poor – the silver of ‘Hum Do Hamare Do’. In the last 5 years – the income of the poorest was 53 percent lower, the income of the lower middle class decreased by 32 percent, the income of the rich increased by 39 percent. Hit on the poor-middle class, Modi government is the government of the rich!”