Kiren Rijiju vs Congress again. But now over India's GDP: 'Drinking too much beer or blind loathing'
The Kerala unit of Congress had earlier taken a swipe at the central government over the GDP growth with a beer mug graphic.
Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju and the Congress party are once again clashing over India's GDP figures. The latest spat emerged on Wednesday after the Kerala Congress mocked the Central government's GDP claims using a beer mug image. The Kerala Congress displayed a mug with "official GDP" printed on the mug and the drink beneath it labeled as "Indian economy."
In response, Rijiju accused the Congress of being intoxicated by their blind hatred for India's growth, questioning whether it was due to excessive beer consumption or a lack of connection with reality. Earlier this week, the Congress took aim at the government's GDP figures, citing remarks from former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg.
Garg claimed that by revising last year's GDP by ₹6 trillion, the current year's GDP growth in the first quarter has increased by 10.3%. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh criticized the Modi government's efforts to promote inflated growth numbers, arguing that the true economic reality is far different. Garg later clarified that the actual GDP growth rate is around 2.6%, not the 7.8% claimed by the government.
The Congress emphasized that genuine economic growth requires acknowledging the truth, creating jobs, supporting small businesses, and promoting fair competition, rather than relying on fabricated statistics.
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