The Congress on Tuesday hit out at the Centre over "skyrocketing" prices of essential items, claiming that it has made the lives of poor and middle-class families miserable but Prime Minister Narendra Modi was "not worried about it", reported news agency PTI.

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the prime minister should "stop duping people through statistics and take retirement" and only then, the country would get relief from "Modi-made inflation".