Opposition charges govt of inequitable growth

New Delhi: Opposition members in Rajya Sabha on Thursday accused the government of driving inequitable growth but ruling members defended policies of the NDA dispensation saying it has led to all-round development in the country. During the discussion on the situation of the economy in the Upper House, Congress member L Hanumanthaiah and CPI(M)’s V Sivadasan said in the last nine-and-a-half years of the rule of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government, the rich have become richer and the poor poorer. “(In) the Modi government development model, which has been told by many people, the poor (are) forced to eat less while the rich make merry.

That has been the situation in the last 10 years of the administration,” Hanumanthaiah asserted. He further said in 2023 the Indian economy is facing high inflation and income inequality. “The high inflation is not the product of market forces alone but the governmental interventions that prioritise one section over the another,” he claimed, adding persistently high inflation has been a constant alongside high unemployment. The recent reduction in LPG prices is “a drop in the ocean” and it does not provide any relief to lakhs of people and families who are still suffering, he said.