He also questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s optimism on the resurgence of the economy and said it was “unrealistic”. Speaking to reporters here, Mr. Chavan said: “The Prime Minister is being ridiculously sanguine when he talks of his government bringing the economy back on track this financial year. “Credit rating agencies have said that the pandemic has put the country towards ‘negative’ growth. In this bleak scenario, the Centre must print notes, borrow credit and do everything possible to put money into people’s pockets to get the economy buzzing,” Mr. Chavan said. In fact, under the Modi regime, the economy has been plummeting in the past six years,” Mr. Chavan said.

Source: The Hindu June 11, 2020 19:00 UTC