India, March 5 -- Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the worsening economic condition of the country.

"Recession, poverty and pocket-bankruptcy - this is the essence of the economy you run", Kharge wrote on his official X (formerly Twitter) account in a post written in Hindi.

Citing the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) February report about gold loans grew by 71.3% in a year, making up 38% of all loans taken by women in 2024, Kharge said women are forced to mortgage their jewellery due to rising inflation.

"First you made the women's Stridhan disappear by implementing demonetization, now due to inflation and falling household savings, they are forced to mortgage their most valuabl...