Rajkot: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi hit out at the Narendra Modi government today for taking decisions like note ban and the GST roll-out "without listening to anybody" which "affected the backbone" of the country's economy.
"This is the big difference between the Congress's ideology and the BJP's ideology. The Congress listens to everyone and then implements a big decision. This government did not listen to anybody and implemented the GST and demonetisation, which affected the backbone of country's economy," Mr Gandhi said.
"We may not have good speakers, but we have the quality of listening to people...learning about their problems, we pay attention to everyone's suggestion and then decide to implement such big decisions. This government didn't do that and implemented the GST and demonetisation," the Congress leader said.
PM Modi's decision of scrapping high-denomination currency notes shocked even the "world's best economists" including former PM Manmohan Singh, he said.
"When I informed him about the Modi government's decision, he could not react immediately... he was shocked," Mr Gandhi said.
Interacting with small and medium entrepreneurs, teachers and doctors at Hemu Gandhavi Auditorium, he said: "The most difficult job in India is to be an honest politician. An honest politician suffers the most and I have experienced it."
He assured the trader community that he would pressure the government to simplify the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
"He (Modi) does not listen to anyone, but we will try to make him do so by organising agitations. We will draw the prime minister's attention and try to convince him to simplify the GST norms," Mr Gandhi said.
The GST has hit the small and medium industry badly, he said.
"Employment can be generated only by promoting small and medium industry, big industry cannot generate employment on a scale that the nation needs," Mr Gandhi said.
Half the problems created by the GST and demonetisation can be solved if the Prime Minister starts listening, he said.
"The government has implemented the GST without any preparation. The bill was drafted when the Congress was in power but the BJP government got it passed after introducing changes," Mr Gandhi said.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
"This is the big difference between the Congress's ideology and the BJP's ideology. The Congress listens to everyone and then implements a big decision. This government did not listen to anybody and implemented the GST and demonetisation, which affected the backbone of country's economy," Mr Gandhi said.
"We may not have good speakers, but we have the quality of listening to people...learning about their problems, we pay attention to everyone's suggestion and then decide to implement such big decisions. This government didn't do that and implemented the GST and demonetisation," the Congress leader said.
"When I informed him about the Modi government's decision, he could not react immediately... he was shocked," Mr Gandhi said.
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He assured the trader community that he would pressure the government to simplify the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
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The GST has hit the small and medium industry badly, he said.
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Half the problems created by the GST and demonetisation can be solved if the Prime Minister starts listening, he said.
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(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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