New Delhi: The Congress on Monday compared the lockdown with the demonetisation and accused the government of behaving like the East India company for not planning before the announcement of the lockdown as it caused suffering to millions.
“The commonality between lockdown and demonetization is that the BJP government failed the basic rule of governance think and act rather than act without thinking,” said the Congress.
Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill said, “Both in the lockdown and demonetization, BJP government behaved like the East India Company by looting the common man, ignoring the pain of the weaker sections of society, focussing on filling government coffers rather than the pocket of the people of India.”
“Three I’s, ill-planning, insensitive approach and irrational decision making, are the common traits exhibited by the BJP government during demonetization and lockdown causing pain, anguish, and distress to the vulnerable sections of the society,” added Jaiveer Shergill.
Congress said, “BJP adopted an ostrich-like approach by completely ignoring the devastating effects of demonetization and now again by neglecting the urgent need to provide oxygen to the dying economy. Both in demonetization and lockdown, common man, labor force, MSME paid with their blood, pocket, and sweat for the misadventures of the BJP ruled Central government.”
The Congress spokesperson charged that the Centre displayed “ill-planning when it came to supplying of the PPE/Test Kits, insensitive approach when it came to deal with stuck migrant laborers and completely irrational decision making by cutting the interest rate on small saving schemes, cutting interest on the SBI Saving Account, raising excise on fuel and charging migrant labor train fare even in this hour of the humanitarian crisis.”
Congress Senior spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said, “We cannot but help notice the similarities between demonetization and lockdown, no planning or relief measures for the public.”
The Congress insisted that mismanagement of the migrant workers and treatment meted out to them, shows and reflects the approach of this government to the poorest segments that too during the pandemic and reveals a very bizarre development model for India during the crisis times.
Congress said that there is a disconnect between the issues, “Such an approach and lapse suggests a disconnect between India as it exists and the imagination as it is found in 7, Lok Kalyan Marg,” Singhvi added.
