New Delhi, Feb. 28 -- The BJP on Thursday criticised Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge over his remarks on the Centre's economic policy and said his claim that 90 per cent of Indians cannot afford basic needs was nothing but a "shameless lie" and a "desperate data-defying hoax" from his party.
In a social media post, Kharge on Thursday said hundred crore Indians do not have any extra income to spend, alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's version of 'Viksit Bharat' emptied ordinary Indians' pockets and filled the coffers of select billionaires.
India is staring at a global tariff war and trade barriers and the Union budget announcements have turned out to be a "damp squib", the Congress president also said.
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