Congress jumps at MoS Angadi's bizarre 'people getting married so economy fine' logic

The Karnataka Congress has slammed Union Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi for his bizarre statement to justify that the Indian economy is fine. Angadi on Friday dismissed the opposition's criticism over the state of the economy, citing as 'proof' the airports and trains being full and people getting married. In response to Angadi's remarks, Karnataka Congress took to Twitter to hit out at the union minister.

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'Economy is cyclical'

Citing the cyclical nature of the economy, the union minister argued that opposition is trying to malign the image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "Every three years there is a fall in demand in the economy. It is a cycle. Then the economy picks up also," The Minister of State for Railways said. "Some people are trying to malign the image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi," added the Union Minister.

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"Airports are full, trains are full, people are getting married. Some people are doing this for nothing else but to malign the image of Narendra Modi," Angadi told reporters during an inspection of the soon to be commissioned Tunda Khurja eastern dedicated freight corridor. "Every three years there is a fall in demand in the economy. It is a cycle. Then the economy picks up also," he appended.

Opposition parties including Congress have been criticizing the government over the state of the economy and plan to raise the issue in the upcoming Winter Session of the Parliament. In October, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar had opined that the economic slowdown had affected the world while the Indian economy is still the fastest developing in the world. He mentioned that China's growth rate fell from 11% to 6%. Europe and the US too, suffering the slowdown.

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