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Rahul Gandhi and Jaitley spar over India’s EoDB ranking

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Congress vice president says GST, noteban wiped out ease of doing business for small traders, Jaitley hits back saying ease of doing corruption has ended

India’s remarkable improvement in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) rankings, in which it finished at the 100th spot compared to 130 of last year, has triggered a war of words between the Congress and the BJP.

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Tuesday hailed India’s new rankings as a “historic jump”, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has now rubbished the findings, asserting that post noteban and the GST rollout there was no ease of doing business for small traders of the country.

Addressing a public rally in Jambusar town of Bharuch district in Gujarat, where assembly elections are scheduled next month, the Congress vice president hit out at finance minister Arun Jaitley over the state of the economy while he tried to underplay the EoDB rankings.

“Yesterday, Arun Jaitley ji said some foreign organisation has certified that India has considerably improved in ease of doing business,” Rahul said, adding that the finance minister “sits in his office and believes what foreigners say”.

Earlier in the day too, the Congress vice president had taken a swipe at the finance minister through a post on micro-blogging site Twitter.[/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]The finance minister hit back at Rahul’s taunt through a post on his Twitter account which claimed that the difference between the UPA and NDA government was that the “ease of doing corruption has been replaced by the ease of doing business”.[/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]The EoDB rankings come at a time when the BJP, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is facing strident criticism of a slowdown in India’s economy. With elections due in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh over the next month, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has made the economic slowdown and lack of job opportunities the focus of his attack on the Modi government and the BJP and blamed the two issues on demonetisation and hasty implementation of the GST regime by the Modi administration.

At the public rally in Jambusar, Rahul stuck to this line of attack. “The finance minister should meet small and mid-sized businessmen for 5-10 minutes and ask if the ease of doing business has really improved…The entire country will shout and say ease of doing business is absent, you have destroyed it, your demonetisation and GST have ruined it,” Rahul said.

“There is no ease of doing business for small traders after the note-bandhi and GST rollout. This has caused massive damage to small businesses, which are the backbone of the country and Gujarat,” Rahul added.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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Rahul Gandhi clarifies on wealth survey remark, says aim is to identify injustice

Gandhi further added that everyone should look at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reaction and said that the moment he said let’s test how much injustice has been done the BJP started saying that this is an attempt to break down the country.

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a U-turn on his wealth survey remark and said he only wanted to find out the amount of injustice the nation was facing. Rahul Gandhi was addressing Congress’s Social Justice Conference at Delhi’s Jawahar Bhawan where he clarified that he has not said Congress will take action yet. He said   that he was just saying that they will find out how much injustice has been done.

Gandhi further added that everyone should look at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reaction and said that the moment he said let’s test how much injustice has been done the BJP started saying that this is an attempt to break down the country. The former Congress chief said through the X-ray (wealth survey), the Congress will get to know the root cause of problem.

Gandhi said it is his life’s mission to ensure justice for the 90 % of the population against whom injustice has been done. He alleged Injustice is being done to 90 percent of Indians and the moment he called for checking this injustice, PM Modi and the BJP started attacking him. Gandhi further added that as soon as the INDIA Bloc will form its government the first thing that would be done is caste census.

On April 7, Rahul Gandhi said Congress, if voted to power, would conduct a financial and institutional survey to ascertain the distribution of wealth among the people in the country. Rahul Gandhi was addressing a public rally in Hyderabad after releasing the Congress’s manifesto where he said the survey will be conducted apart from a nationwide caste census that the party has promised if voted to power.

The former Congress chief also spoke about the Ram Mandir inauguration, and said, not a single Dalit, or a tribal was seen at the temple, or during the inauguration of the new Parliament building. He said 90% of the population understands this.

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PM Modi says Congress leaders consider themselves above Lord Ram

PM Modi slammed Congress during a rally in Chhattisgarh, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2024

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Congress party for declining to attend the pran pratishtha ritual at the Ayodhya Ram temple on January 22 this year.

The prime minister said Congress leaders consider themselves above Lord Ram and denied invitation for Pran Pratishtha at Ram Temple, while speaking at a rally in Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh. The PM question the people present at the rally that is it not a disrespect of Mata Shabri? Congress leaders inclination toward appeasement politics runs in their family.

For political appeasement, they won’t think twice about stealing the rights of Adivasis, the poor, and Dalits. Poor, young, and women are BJP’s top priorities, Modi said.

PM Modi criticized the Congress again during the rally for claiming that the BJP would alter the constitution.

The leaders of Congress recite the same old phrases whenever an election is about to happen, the PM said. He also said they claim that if the BJP wins power, it will renounce the constitution and abolish reservations. For how long will you continue selling lies?” he asked.

The prime minister continued saying that nobody can change the Constitution, even if Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar were to come and insist on it, it wouldn’t happen.

Those in the Congress threaten to break Modi’s head. Nobody can harm Modi as long as the mothers and sisters of this county stands by him. These mothers and sisters are Raksha Kavach, Modi remarked.

The prime minister further attacked the Congress after Viriato Fernandes, the party’s candidate for South Goa, asserted that Goa was forced to adopt the Indian Constitution.

Referring to his conversation with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Fernandes said he had told him, when Goa was liberated in the year 1961, the Indian Constitution was forced upon us.

The prime minister said, Congress candidate from Goa says Constitution was forced upon Goans; is this not an insult of Ambedkar and Constitution.

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Amit Shah says neither Congress nor Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee can interfere with CAA

Amit Shah revealed the BJP’s target for West Bengal and said they have set a target of winning 35 Lok Sabha seats from West Bengal.

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Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said neither Congress nor Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee can interfere with the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). He was speaking at the Karandighi rally in West Bengal where he also made the prediction as to how many seats BJP will win in the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal.

The union home minister asked the masses to cut the money culture. Amit Shah revealed the BJP’s target for West Bengal and said they have set a target of winning 35 Lok Sabha seats from West Bengal. In 2019 Lok Sabha elections the BJP had won 18 out of 42 seats in West Bengal. He asked Mamata Banerjee, what problem will she have if the Buddhist and Hindu refugees from Bangladesh get citizenship in India?

Shah further added if the people of West Bengal want to stop infiltration in the state, then they will have to make Narendra Modi the Prime Minister of India again. He said if the people of West Bengal want to free Bengal of violence, stop infiltration in the state, give citizenship to refugees, to stop disrespecting mothers and sisters of the state as it happened in Sandeshkhali, then  only way is to make Narendra Modi the Prime Minister.

Amit Shah said that PM Modi had sent Rs 7 lakh crore to West Bengal but the TMC indulged in corruption. He said one can see the houses of Trinamool Congress leaders; 10 years ago they used to live in a hut, moved on cycle and now all of them have 4-storey houses and move around in big cars. He added this is the money of people of West Bengal.

The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), will make it easier for non-Muslim refugees from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh to get Indian citizenship, was enacted in 2019. But the rules were notified in March this year by the Centre.

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