Rahul Gandhi hits out at govt over poverty issue

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday hit out at the government on the issue of poverty and alleged that those who were in the middle-class in the country are poor now and the poor are being crushed now.

Taking a swipe at the government over a media report that claimed that in the last eight years the poor in the country are rising rapidly, he asked where are those who used to say “achche din” (good days) are coming.

The report claimed that in 2020, 7.6 crore people have gone below the poverty line and the number of poor is increasing.