NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took a swipe at the Government on Friday over an official survey which reportedly points to a fall in consumer spending, saying the Modi dispensation is making history by “driving people into poverty”.
A media report cited the latest consumption expenditure survey by the National Statistical Office (NSO) to claim that consumer spending fell for the first time in more than four decades in 2017-18, primarily driven by slackening rural demand.
“Consumer spending in India has collapsed. Successive Governments have striven tirelessly to combat poverty and empower the people. This Government is making history by driving people into poverty: while rural India faces the dire consequences of their policies, the BJP ensures that their corporate friends become richer by the day,” she said in a tweet. (AGENCIES)
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