Modi hai toh mumkim hai: Rahul Gandhi’s latest jibe at PM Modi over worsening economic crisis

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took another jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over India’s worsening economic crisis.

On Twitter, Gandhi posted a portion of a news report about the country’s worsening GDP growth and said, “Modi hai to mumkin hai (Everything is possible if Modi is there).”

Gandhi was referring to an article initially published on news agency PTI, where Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy flagged concerns about the country’s worsening economic situation due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and said the GDP growth may hit the lowest since India’s independence in 1947.

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Murthy said steps should be taken to bring the economy back and that people should learn to live with the pandemic.

"India's GDP is expected to shrink by at least five per cent. There is a fear that we may even reach the lowest GDP (growth) since independence, since 1947," Murthy said.

Several economists have also confirmed that the economic situation in India has hit rockbottom due to the pandemic and subsequent lockdown.

Economic growth is expected to contract for the entire fiscal and experts fear that the economic recovery will be slow in the absence of substantial stimulus.

It may be noted that this is not the first time Rahul Gandhi has criticised the prime minister over the deteriorating economic situation in the country.

The senior Congress leader has also been critical about the government’s handling of the Covid-19 situation in the country and the border conflict with China.

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