On Sunday, Congress said that industrialist Rahul Bajaj’s remark on the atmosphere of fear is a sentiment shared by the entire nation across all sectors.
On Saturday, in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal & Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at an event in Mumbai, Mr Bajaj said people feared to criticise PM Narendra Modi. During the second term of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA), one could criticise the Govt. without fear, he said. “if we criticise you, there is no guarantee that you will appreciate that.”
Palpable fear
Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera welcomed Mr. Bajaj’s comments.
Mr Khera asked, “What Mr. Rahul Bajaj has said is a sentiment shared by the country across sectors. The atmosphere has been vitiated in the last five years. If there is no harmony in society, how do you expect investors to put up their money".
On Friday, at an event, Ex-PM Manmohan Singh said there was a “palpable climate of fear”.
The Congress said the Modi Govt couldn't find a cure for the ailing economy since it wasn't willing to acknowledge the “pathogens” that infected it. “They don't know what are the mistakes which led to this situation. The first fatal blow to the economy was demonetisation, followed by a badly implemented Goods & Services Tax,” Mr Khera said.
He also asked why the Govt. was patting its back on the GST collection for Nov, at ₹1,03,492 crore, after it dipped below the ₹1 lakh crore mark for 3 successive months. “This was the collection target in 2017.”
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