Rahul Gandhi targets govt over price rise issue

The Congress, from its official Twitter handle, urged people to participate in the online campaign by speaking out against price rise.

New Delhi: The Congress on Friday launched a ‘Speak Up Against Price Rise’ online campaign with former party chief Rahul Gandhi accusing the central government of pushing people in the swamp of price rise just to earn taxes.

The Congress, from its official Twitter handle, urged people to participate in the online campaign by speaking out against price rise.

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“BJP = Burden the Janta, Party; the sooner we speak up against their loot, the better for the nation. Come, join our movement. Come, #SpeakUpAgainstPriceRise,” the party said.

BJP = Burden the Janta, Party; the sooner we speak up against their loot, the better for the nation.

Come, join our movement
Come, #SpeakUpAgainstPriceRise pic.twitter.com/S1efaaIJZO

— Congress (@INCIndia) March 5, 2021

In a tweet in Hindi, Gandhi said, “Price rise is a curse. The central government is pushing people in the swamp of price rise just to earn taxes.”  “Raise your voice against the destruction of the country,” he said, using the hashtag ‘SpeakUpAgainstPriceRise’.

महँगाई एक अभिशाप है।

केंद्र सरकार सिर्फ़ टैक्स कमाने के लिए जनता को महँगाई के दलदल में ढकेलती जा रही है।

देश के विनाश के ख़िलाफ़ अपनी आवाज़ उठाइए-#SpeakUpAgainstPriceRise कैम्पेन से जुड़िए। pic.twitter.com/jQ2JhXElAa

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) March 5, 2021

He also tagged a video on rising prices of essential commodities such as petroleum, diesel and cooking gas.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor also posted a video, speaking out against price rise, and said every single step that the Modi government has taken has been to empty the pockets of the common citizen to fill its coffers.

“India will not tolerate this anymore.India will rise up, India will #SpeakUpAgainstPriceRise,” he said.

Yes, apologies, typo… SARKAR, not sarjqr!! Thrust of the message is unchanged https://t.co/HGe2MK48G9

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) March 5, 2021

The Congress has been attacking the government over the rise in fuel and gas prices and has demanded that the prices be brought back to the level at which they existed at the time of the UPA government.