Ex-Congress chief puts out a chart comparing how other countries handled the two issuesFormer Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday put out a chart on Twitter comparing how other countries handled the COVID-19 and the economy to argue that the Narendra Modi government “destroyed the economy and infected the maximum number of people”. The chart showed India’s neighbours like Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sri Lanka on a higher ranking. “How to completely destroy an economy and infect the maximum number of people really quickly,” Mr. Gandhi tweeted. Mr. Basu, who served as Chief Economic Advisor during the Manmohan Singh government, tweeted: “Even a few years ago, none could have imagined India’s economy being where it is”. On Sunday, Congress president Sonia Gandhi too had targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his government’s handling of the pandemic and the economy.

Source: The Hindu October 19, 2020 13:07 UTC