Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday questioned the Centre’s ‘Make in India’ project and alleged that GST and demonetisation were used as weapons to clear roads for business tycoons like Adani and Ambani.Addressing an election rally in support of Congress-National Conference (NC) alliance candidates from 11 assembly segments of Jammu district, Gandhi accused the BJP of using central agencies like the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Income Tax (IT) to browbeat opponents.
The Jammu district along with six other districts is going to polls in the third and final phase of Jammu and Kashmir elections on October 1.
“They (BJP) are talking about ‘Make in India’ and the defence industry but the reality is that all the contracts are going to people like Adani. An Israeli company is making weapons and Adani is pasting his label.
“An Israeli company is making drones but the label is of Adani. They say it is ‘Made in India’ but how so? These are Israeli weapons made by Adani and not made in India and this is the situation in the entire country,” Gandhi said at the rally.
He alleged that the government is only working for billionaires like Adani and Ambani.
“The GST was a weapon to target Jammu entrepreneurs and small and medium businesses. The same way demonetisation was also used as a weapon.
“These are not policies but weapons and its target was to clear the roads for people like Adani and Ambani. The wrong GST implementation and demonetisation led to the destruction of lakhs of small businesses across the country,” he said.