New Delhi:
President of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) Subhash Chopra slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on demonetisation and its adverse effects on women, alleging that Modi has robbed the mothers, sisters and daughters of the country of their ‘secret’ savings.
Chopra while addressing the “Indira Priyadarshini Sammelan” at Chandni Chowk district, organized by the Delhi Pradesh Mahila Congress, also criticized the Modi and Kejriwal governments on price rise and food inflation. He said that on the one hand there is less income due to unemployment, job retrenchment and overall depressed economic conditions on the other there’s unabated inflation. He said that the Modi government keeps on increasing excise duty on petrol and diesel, the Kejriwal Govt has increased VAT on the same twice and refuses to roll back.
Among others president of the Delhi Pradesh Mahila Congress Sharmistha Mukherjee and former DPCC president Jai Prakash Agarwal, were also present on the occasion.
Chopra said that recently onion prices touched Rs. 100 per kg and food inflation is hitting every household. WOmen, who are primarily responsible to operate within a limited household budget, are the worst sufferers. He said that on the one hand, there’s less income due to economic crisis, on the other, there’s major inflation. He said that common people are getting more and more oppressed due to utter incompetence, lack of vision and indifference of the Modi and Kejriwal governments.
Mukherjee said that due to rising crime against women in Delhi, the capital of India has come to be known as the ‘rape capital’. She said that in 2012, when the Nirbhaya incident happened, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal sat with the demonstrators with a candle. Today, even if you search with a halogen light, he is nowhere to be seen and is absolutely silent as far as the issue of women safety is concerned.
