Criticising the Narendra Modi-government’s self-reliance package announced recently, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said farmers and migrant labourers need cash and not loans and asked the Prime Minister to reconsider the COVID-19 economic stimulus package.
He said migrant workers who are walking home with an empty stomach, the farmers, small businessmen and other such people don’t need loans but money. “Today our people need money. PM should reconsider this package. Modi ji should think about direct cash transfer, 200 working days under MNREGA, money for farmers etc. because all of them are the future of India,” he said while interacting with journalists of regional media via video conferencing.
He said “the money is not being given for the fear of a decline in ratings. It is being said that if the deficit is increased today, agencies will reduce the ratings of India.”
