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New Delhi: The leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday lashed out at the Modi government and said that the average GDP growth has come down to 5.8 per cent from 7.8 percent recorded in 10 years.
Taking part in the debate on the motion of thanks on the President’s address, Kharge asked if it was “Amrit Kaal” or “Vish Kaal”, claiming that one lakh farmers have died by suicide in the past 10 years.
“Is this ‘Amrit kaal’ or ‘Vish kaal’? In the last 10 years, 1,00,000 farmers have committed suicide. They have not progressed. Neither did they get MSP nor did their income double,” he said.
The Congress leader also expressed condolences over loss of lives in the Maha Kumbh stampede, saying the government was not being transparent about the details of the incident. He demanded a ‘report’ on the number of deaths.
“I want to speak out about the stampede in Maha Kumbh 2025 …So many people lost their lives… I said a thousand people died there (at Maha Kumbh stampede), if you say that I am wrong then at least give the exact report of the number of deaths that took place there,” he said.
Kharge slammed the government over the falling value of the rupee against the dollar.
“In 2013, when Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat and the UPA government was in power at the Centre, he used to say, ‘Rupee is in ICU’ and has taken downwards dive, Today, the rupee is on a ventilator; it has crossed 87.”
