Priyanka slams govt for ‘slowdown’

Centre only indulging in media management, claims Cong leader

New Delhi, Aug. 25: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday slammed the BJP government over alleged economic slowdown, saying that in the name of finding a solution to the issue, it was only “indulging in media management”.

She urged the Centre to take meaningful steps such as encouraging new investments.

“In the name of finding a solution to the economic slowdown, the BJP government is only indulging in media management,” Ms Priyanka Gandhi tweeted in Hindi.

“What is needed is that the government should make the situation absolutely clear. It should find a solution to prevent job losses. It should assure companies-investors and encourage new investments and jobs. The government should take meaningful steps,” she said.

Her remarks come after the government on Friday announced a raft of measures, including rollback of enhanced super-rich tax on foreign and domestic equity investors, exemption of start-ups from ‘angel tax’, a package to address distress in the automobile sector and upfront infusion of `70,000 crore to public sector banks, in efforts to boost economic growth from a five-year low.

Ms Gandhi also hit out at those accusing the Opposition of “politicising” the Jammu and Kashmir issue, saying there is nothing more “political” and “antinational” than the alleged “shutting down” of democratic rights in Kashmir.

She also asserted that the Congress will not stop raising its voice against it.

Her remarks come a day after a delegation of opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, which wanted to visit Kashmir Valley to take stock of the situation there after the abrogation of Article 370 provisions, was not allowed to leave Srinagar airport by the state administration and had to return to the national capital.