Congress’s criticism of GDP figures is a ‘dimagi Naxal’ mindset: BJP
BJP MP Anil Baluni said rebasing did not begin with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tenure, the present exercise was the ninth such revision since Independence, and there were five revisions when the Congress was in power
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused the Congress of employing a "dimagi Naxal" mentality by using flawed calculations to transform India's 7.8% real GDP growth into an "imaginary" 2.6%. This criticism emerged after Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh questioned why GDP estimates for the years since 2022-23 had been significantly revised downward, what components of the new methodology caused these changes, and why the deflator used for calculating real GDP seemed to understate inflation's impact.
BJP spokesperson Anil Baluni responded that Ramesh's argument was based on incomparable figures, and that if India's growth was slow, the government would be deemed a failure, but if it grew rapidly, the data would be considered fraudulent. Baluni explained that the methodology did not start with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, noting that there had been nine revisions since Independence, and that the Congress' claim of a ₹43 lakh crore reduction in the economy's size was "statistical theatre" and a "slogan."
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