"PM Modi can criticise Cong as much as he wants...": Mallikarjun Kharge

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said people in rural India are forced to wander from doortodoor in search of work under MGNREGA while the prime minister was hiding his failures by criticising the Congress in pollbound states reported news agency PTIMallikarjun Kharges remarks come a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan over exam paper leaks corruption and law and order saying it cared only for its vote bank and not the people of RajasthanThe Congress president said the prime minister can criticise the Congress as much as he wants but should not take away the rights of the poorMallikarjun Kharge alleged that due to reducing incomes and rising inflation the poor are forced to wander doortodoor in search of employment opportunities even as demand for MGNREGA has risen and its budget reduced drastically 4 3037 hellip pictwittercomb4Xa5GAXTSmdash Mallikarjun Kharge kharge October 6 2023The economic crisis in rural India is so deep that in September the demand for MGNREGA has increased by 3037 in 4 years Instead of doing anything about it the Prime Minister is cursing the Congress in his speeches in electionbound states for hiding its monstrous failures under his speeches Mallikarjun Kharge said in a post in Hindi on XThe Congress chief claimed that due to drastically decreasing household income and inflation crores of people are forced to wander from door to door in search of work under MGNREGAThe situation is that only four percent funds are left in the MGNREGA budget Mallikarjun Kharge claimedThe country remembers that in Budget 2023 Modi government had cut the MGNREGA budget by 33 percent as a result of which poor families are suffering funds of opposition ruled states are also outstanding he addedThe Congress has been attacking the Modi government over the issues of rising inflation and the handling of the economyPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday slammed the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan over exam paper leaks corruption and law and order saying it cared only for its vote bank and not the people of RajasthanIn his third rally in a fortnight in pollbound Rajasthan Modi also recalled the communal violence in Jodhpur last year and accused the Congress government of appeasementWhen Jodhpur was burning during the riots what was the chief minister doing When there was violence here and innocent people were being killed what was the Congress doing he askedIs the first and the last policy of the Congress just appeasement Be it Ramnavami Parashuram Jayanti or Hanuman Jayanti there is no festival when there is no news of stone pelting from Rajasthan he saidHe said when law and order is in such a state there is no investment and trade suffers But the Congress cares more about its vote bank than Rajasthans wellbeing PM Modi saidThe rally was held at Ravan ka Chabutara grounds in Gehlots Sardarpura assembly constituency in Jodhpur a Bharatiya Janata Partys show of strength on the CMs home turf ahead of the assembly polls Earlier at a different venue Modi launched development projects worth about Rs 5000 croreWith inputs from PTI