Kharge criticises Centre over rising prices, unemployment

AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge criticised the Union authorities implicit the summation successful prices of indispensable commodities, including commercialized LPG cylinders, and alleged that the rising outgo of surviving was placing an further load connected the public.

Addressing presspersons in Kalaburagi metropolis earlier leaving for New Delhi connected Monday (June 1), Mr. Kharge said the prices of LPG, petrol, and different indispensable commodities had been expanding steadily. He alleged that the Narendra Modi-led authorities was failing to code the concerns of mean citizens contempt having received a beardown mandate from the people.

Claiming that the authorities was losing the spot of the public, Mr. Kharge said it was relying connected rhetoric alternatively than providing solutions to the problems faced by citizens. He besides accused the Union authorities of blaming Opposition parties for assorted issues alternatively of focusing connected governance.

Mr. Kharge said the Opposition had consistently worked successful the involvement of the state and the payment of the people. He alleged that respective programmes announced by the Central authorities had not achieved their intended objectives.

Expressing interest implicit economical issues, Mr. Kharge said the worth of the rupee had been declining against the U.S. dollar, and that unemployment was expanding crossed the country. He alleged that the Centre was not paying capable attraction to the contented of rising unemployment.

Referring to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), replaced by the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act, 2025, Mr. Kharge claimed that the programme introduced by the erstwhile Congress-led authorities had been weakened by the Modi-led BJP government.

Alleging that the BJP-led authorities astatine the Centre had failed connected respective fronts, Mr. Kharge said it was much focused connected speeches than connected addressing the concerns of the people.