In his latest swipe at the government, that may draw sharp reactions from the BJP, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said India's petrol price, unemployment and communal violence graph “looks a lot like Sri Lanka”, and the Center should not distract people. Gandhi has been accusing the government of distracting people with other issues to hide its failures and issues of price rise and unemployment.
"Distracting people won't change the facts. India looks a lot like Sri Lanka," Gandhi tweeted, sharing a graph comparing petrol price, unemployment and communal violence between the two nations. The graph has similar images of India and Sri Lanka citing various sources including armed conflict location and event data project, Lob Sasha unstirred question, CMI, Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell and Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
Congress leaders have been attacking the government over the issue of price and inflation and rising unemployment and said the situation in the country is going to Sri Lanka was, where the prime minister was forced to resign amid the worst economic crisis. The Congress on Wednesday criticized the Supreme Court decision to release one of the seven convicted for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, saying it was deeply saddening. “The decision of the Supreme Court deeply saddens us… If those guilty of terrorism and assassination of a Prime Minister are going to be released like this, then who will uphold the majesty and the integrity of law in this country?” Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala said.
Surreal comments came hours after a top court bench headed by justice L Nagware Rio ordered the release of Pear, who served over 30 years in jail in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, based on the “satisfactory conduct, medical records, educational qualifications achieved in jail, and pendency of this mercy petition filed under Article 161 before TN Governor since December 2015.”
Surreal said the then led government in Tamil Nadu, in 2018, recommended the release of Gandhi’s assassins. This matter was then passed on to the then governor of Tamil Nadu, who passed it on to the President of India. Since no “accept or reject” decision was made on the recommendation from both their ends, the Supreme Court released Pear. “Is this your duplicity and doublespeak on terrorism? Are you going to be complicit in the release of a terrorist and murderers of the former Prime Minister of the country?” he questioned the Modified central government. Senior Congress leader Slash harbor said Wednesday that Rahul Gandhi remains the preferred choice of party workers for the post of president - a post held by his mother, Sonia Gandhi, since Rahul stepped down in 2019 after the GOP's poor performance in national elections. Sonia Gandhi has been interim chief for the past three years, with the party yet to take a call on her successor After the Chin tan Shiver, which concluded May 15, Sonia Gandhi announced the setting up of a task force to implement proposed reforms and an advisory committee to be headed by her and consisting of members from the Congress Working Committee (CWC, the party's highest decision-making body) to deliberate on political issues
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