There are two Indias – one for the ultra rich and one for the rest, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said in Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Addressing the House during the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address, Rahul Gandhi claimed that one of the key points missing from the President’s address was the gulf between the extremely wealthy Indians and others.
“There are two Indias, one India is for the extremely rich people, with immense wealth and power, those who do not need a job, water connection, electricity connection.
“Another India is for poor people and the divide between two Indias is widening,” Rahul Gandhi said.
The Congress leader said that according to the government data, 10 richest Indians have as much wealth as 40 crore Indians. “How did it happen? Narendra Modi ji did it,” he said.
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’23 crore pushed into poverty’
Rahul Gandhi said that the President’s Address did not mention any steps taken to generate employment, because the government did not take any.
“There was not even a single word on what happened during the railway exams. Poor India has no jobs. In every state, youth is looking for jobs and the government has failed to provide them any,” he said.
Rahul Gandhi said that India’s unemployment figure was at its highest in 50 years.
“You talk of Made in India, Start-Up India, but youth did not get the unemployment they were supposed to. The one they had has disappeared,” Rahul Gandhi said, adding that in 2021, 3 crore youth lost their jobs.
The Congress leader said that the rise in unemployment was result of a series of attacks on informal sector as well as medium and small enterprises.
“Jobs are created in the MSME and informal sectors. But you have snatched lakhs of crores of rupees from these sectors and given it to the rich. Back to back attacks on the MSME and informal sectors like note ban, wrong GST and lack of support during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today 84 per cent people have lost part of their wages and are heading towards poverty,” Rahul Gandhi said.
“The UPA government pulled 27 crore people out of poverty in 10 years. This is not our data, this is factual data. You pushed 23 crore people back into poverty,” he said.
Rahul Gandhi said that the government policies have ensured that ‘Made India’ cannot be successful any more.
“You talk of Made in India. But there cannot be Made in India today. The matter has ended because who are the people involved in Made in India? Small and medium industry, unorganised sector – whom you have finished. Made in India is not going to take place,” he said.
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