Tsunami is coming: Rahul warns Centre of economic crisis amid COVID-19
In a fresh attack at the Centre, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday (March 17), said the government has been fooling about not knowing what they have to do to fight not just coronavirus but the economic distress it’ll bring.
In a fresh attack at the Centre, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday (March 17), said the government has been fooling about not knowing what they have to do to fight not just coronavirus but the economic distress it’ll bring.
With the country reporting 126 confirmed cases to date, the former Congress president compared the pandemic to a tsunami and said that he feels sorry for the citizens who will be facing trouble for the next six months, which he has been warning the Centre about.
“The Indian economy is going to be devastated. You have no idea the painful thing the country has suffered and it is coming. It is like a tsunami is coming,” Rahul Gandhi told the reporters.
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He gave the example of the 2004 economic crisis in the Andaman and Nicobar islands when a tsunami southern parts of India and the islands, destroying everything including entire communities around the Indian Ocean.
“The water is going to come and I have been warning the government. They are fooling about, they are not clear about what they have to do. India should be preparing itself not just for Covid-19 but for the economic devastation that is coming,” he said.
“I am saying it again and again. I am sorry to say our people are going to go through unimaginable pain in the next six months,” Rahul Gandhi added.
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Last week, following the bloodbath in the markets over coronavirus fears, Rahul Gandhi took a jibe and accused the Centre for being unresponsive.
He had tweeted his jibe after investors lost crores of rupees in less than 15 minutes of the markets opening on Friday, with benchmarks crashing over 10% on mounting fears over coronavirus pandemic.
“I will keep repeating this. The coronavirus is a huge problem. Ignoring the problem is a non solution,” Gandhi had said in his tweet after several investors lost crores of their money in less than 15 minutes of the stock markets opening for trade, with the benchmark plunging over 10%.
