‘Proofs of failure’: Opposition on PM Modi’s fuel-saving, avoid gold purchase appeal amid Iran war

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to citizens to cut fuel consumption, avoid gold purchases and adopt other measures to help the country withstand global economic uncertainties amid the West Asia conflict were “proofs of failure”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Monday.

Addressing a rally in Hyderabad on Sunday, Modi had called for “nationally responsible” lifestyle choices and urged citizens to place “the country above all else” during the crisis. Among the measures he proposed were reviving work-from-home practices adopted during the Covid-19 pandemic, avoiding non-essential foreign travel for a year and reducing edible oil consumption.

On Monday, Gandhi said that in the last 12 years, the Modi government had brought the country to a point where citizens were being told what to buy and where to go.

“Every time, they shift the responsibility onto the people so they can escape accountability themselves,” Gandhi said. “Running the country is no longer within the reach of a compromised PM.”

मोदी जी ने कल जनता से त्याग मांगे - सोना मत ख़रीदो, विदेश मत जाओ, पेट्रोल कम जलाओ, खाद और खाने का तेल कम करो, मेट्रो में चलो, घर से काम करो।

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