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Put money in hands of people, will be catastrophic if this doesn’t happen: Rahul Gandhi to Centre

Interacting with journalists of regional media via video conferencing, he said he was trying to put pressure on the government for generating demand by putting money into the accounts of the poor and vulnerable sections of society.

3 min readNew DelhiMay 16, 2020 02:51 PM IST First published on: May 16, 2020 at 01:34 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Saturday said the Centre should stop acting like a “money lender” for its children by giving them credit instead of cash, and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reconsider the coronavirus economic stimulus package.

Speaking with journalists of regional media via video conferencing, Rahul said he was trying to put pressure on the government for generating demand by putting money into the accounts of the poor and vulnerable sections of society.

The Congress leader said a ‘storm’ was brewing on the economic front that will cause damage and hurt many. “The storm has not come yet, it is coming and will cause big economic damage and hurt many,” he said. The Congress leader asserted that if demand is not generated, the country will suffer a bigger loss economically than from the novel coronavirus.