Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 11: Senior Congress leader and former DDC Suchetgarh, Taranjit Singh Tony today launched an attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP Government over rising inflation, fuel prices and what he termed as the “politics of hypocrisy in the name of patriotism.”
Reacting sharply to the Prime Minister’s recent remarks on fuel conservation, Tony said that before elections the BJP leadership never spoke about reducing petrol, diesel or gas consumption because the entire BJP machinery was busy “using every possible resource to win elections and defeat opposition leaders, including a woman Chief Minister in West Bengal.”
“Till elections, Modi pretends to carry the burden of the people, but once elections are over, the common citizen is abandoned to suffer under skyrocketing inflation, unbearable fuel prices and rising cost of living,” Tony said.
He accused the BJP Government of imposing economic hardship on ordinary citizens while the ruling establishment continues to spend lavishly on political rallies, publicity campaigns, chartered flights and foreign tours.
Tony further said that inflation has broken the backbone of middle-class families, farmers, labourers and small traders, but instead of providing relief, the government is shifting responsibility onto the people.
“The BJP Government wants citizens to make sacrifices while corporate houses and cronies continue to accumulate massive wealth. This double standard has exposed the real face of the Modi Government,” he asserted.
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