Rahul slams BJP on demonetisation, black money, unemployment

New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over demonetisation. Citing a news report claiming that two years after demonetisation,  unemployment has risen, Mr Gandhi tweeted in Hindi, “2014 - Con trick 1: Make me prime minister, I will provide two crore jobs. 2016 - Con trick 2: Support me in noteban, I will bring back black money. 2018 - Reality: Will fly suit-boot friends in Rafale and shatter dreams of youths.” Mr Gandhi also accused the Prime Minister of conning people after promising to generate jobs and bring back black money, but helping his “suited-booted” friends instead.

Hitting back at Mr Rahul Gandhi over his criticism of demonetisation, the BJP said Friday that a war is going on in Indian politics with the Narendra Modi-led government working to curb black money while the Congress president trying to save it. BJP spokesperson Mr. Sambit Patra said Mr Gandhi’s comments were nothing but a pack of lies and that he has been speaking from the same script for long. India has been progressing under Modi while the Gandhi family has been left behind, he said. Mr Patra alleged that demonetisation destroyed the “ill-gotten wealth of the four generations of the Gandhi family”.

The Congress has been on the offensive against the government over its ‘flawed economic policies’. The party has also alleged that demonetisation was a “scam.”