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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge connected Wednesday (May 20, 2026) led a crisp onslaught connected the Narendra Modi authorities implicit inflation, unemployment and weakening economical indicators, accusing it of pursuing publicity portion the system faced mounting distress.
In a station connected X, Mr. Kharge targeted the Prime Minister implicit rising prices, concern slowdown and the weakening rupee, alleging that the authorities had imposed economical hardship connected mean citizens.
“Modi ji wants the nationalist to bask the ‘melody’ of speeches portion surviving the ‘misery’ of his government’s loot,” he said, utilizing a poster carrying the slogan, “Looting is MELODY for BJP, but MISERY for citizens!”
The Congress onslaught coincided with Prime Minister Modi’s sojourn overseas and followed a societal media station by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni showing Mr. Modi gifting her ‘Melody’ toffees.
Leader of Opposition successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi seized connected the societal media video from Italy to criticise the Prime Minister’s priorities. “An economical tempest is raging implicit our heads, and our Prime Minister is engaged handing retired candies successful Italy,” Mr Gandhi said successful a post.
“The reel that the Prime Minister made is an insult to the radical of the country,” helium added subsequently successful a video statement.
Elaborating connected the authorities of the economy, Mr. Kharge claimed that mean indebtedness per Indian had risen sharply during the BJP’s tenure portion wealthiness attraction among billionaires had increased. He said home LPG prices had climbed from ₹414 successful 2014 to implicit ₹915 and commercialized cylinder prices had risen steeply, from ₹1,241 to ₹3,152.
Prices of CNG, milk, breadstuff and medicines person besides increased, helium said, portion the Centre had collected implicit ₹43 lakh crore done petrol taxes and excise duties.
Mr. Kharge alleged that younker unemployment has risen to 15.2% and referred to repeated introspection insubstantial leaks arsenic grounds of governance nonaccomplishment affecting millions of young people. He cited the rupee touching an all-time debased of astir 96.90 against the U.S. dollar, a autumn of astir $38 cardinal successful overseas speech reserves successful caller months and overseas portfolio concern outflows exceeding ₹2 lakh crore this year.
The disapproval was amplified astatine a property league by Congress media and publicity section president Pawan Khera, who rejected the government’s contention that planetary geopolitical tensions were chiefly liable for economical pressures.
Mr. Khera argued that the system had been nether accent for years and accused the authorities of blaming conflicts successful West Asia to deflect work for home argumentation failures. Presenting figures connected substance inflation, helium said petrol prices had risen by 38% and diesel by 62% implicit the past 12 years. Comparing the existent concern with the UPA period, helium said crude lipid prices past had exceeded $100 a tube portion petrol and diesel prices remained beneath ₹70 a litre.
He said caller substance terms increases enabled lipid companies to gain astir ₹12,400 crore and reiterated that the Centre had collected astir ₹43 lakh crore done petroleum taxes implicit the past 12 years.
Mr. Khera highlighted the rupee’s decline, falling overseas speech reserves and ample capitalist outflows, portion questioning the effectiveness of flagship payment programmes specified arsenic Jan Dhan, Mudra, the Prime Minister Internship Scheme and Ayushman Bharat. He alleged irregularities successful implementation, weakening of MGNREGA and inadequate extortion for gig workers, too accusing the authorities of attempting to suppress dissent and avoiding scrutiny done the lack of autarkic property conferences by the Prime Minister.
