New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- Congress MP on Wednesday slammed the Narendra Modi government, stating that the PM and ministers in his cabinet were manufacturing "bullish sentiment" on the state of the Indian economy while "running away" from the reality that farmers are witnessing.

"The PM and his colleagues are trying to manufacture a bullish sentiment on the economy. They are simply running away from the bearish reality that stares farmers across the country," Ramesh, General Secretary incharge of Communication in Congress, posted on X.

The Rajya Sabha MP said that the market price for the Kharif (monsoon) crops, including maize, soybean, moong, arhar, cotton, and bajra were below the corresponding Minimum Support Price (MSP).

"Market prices...