Overview

• Kharge marked the 34th anniversary of the 1991 liberalisation budget to contrast its transformative impact with the current policy gridlock.
• He accused the Modi government of presiding over 11 years of visionless policies that have left the economy reeling at sub-par growth rates.
• Kharge highlighted widening inequality, stagnant wage growth and depleting household savings as signs of persistent socio-economic strain.
• He warned that youth joblessness, cronyism and a looming trade war threaten to damage India’s agriculture and manufacturing sectors.
• The Congress has ramped up its economic campaign by invoking its 1991 reform legacy and pressing for robust second-generation policy measures.