We saw super man saw spider man... now we are seeing inflation man - Congresss jibe at Modi government

BJP vs Congress: Holding Prime Minister Narendra Modi responsible for the skyrocketing prices of essential commodities, the Congress on Tuesday termed him as 'Inflation Man' and said that people are suffering from back-breaking inflation and the government is not taking any step to provide relief to the people. Is picking up Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters here today, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said that the public is suffering from price rise but the government is not doing anything to provide relief to the people. He expressed surprise that the price of food items has been increased by reducing their weight.

खाने-पीने के सामानों की कीमत ज्यादा और वजन कम कर जनता की जेब पर डाका डाला जा रहा है। आप खुद देखिए...

सामान दाम अब पहले
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बिस्किट ₹5 50 ग्राम 80 ग्राम
चायपत्ती ₹70 200 ग्राम 250 ग्राम (₹50)
नमकीन ₹10 32 ग्राम 65 ग्राम
चॉकलेट ₹10… pic.twitter.com/mrdoLmt8cU

— Congress (@INCIndia) July 4, 2023

Supriya claimed that the prices of essential food items are continuously increasing in the Modi government, but Prime Minister Modi is silent. He said, “The prices of flour, oil, pulses, vegetables, fruits are skyrocketing. The public is distressed, sir is happy! We have seen Super Man, we have seen Spider Man...now we are seeing Inflation Man. Wherever he goes, inflation increases... The name of this 'Inflation Man' is Narendra Modi.

He said, 'If the government wants, it can give great relief to the public by reducing the excise duty. If the price of diesel decreases, the cost of transport will decrease and vegetables and essential things will become cheaper. The people of the country are being robbed by increasing the cost of food items and reducing their weight. Citing the example of reduced weight items being sold at a higher price, he said that earlier 80 grams of biscuits were available for five rupees, which has now been reduced to 50 grams. Similarly, earlier tea leaves were available for Rs 70 for 250 grams. Namkeen is now available for Rs 10 for 32 grams, which was earlier 65 grams. Chocolate is getting 13.2 grams for Rs 10, which was earlier 13.2 grams for Rs 5. Coffee is 5.5 grams for Rs 10, which was earlier 7.5 grams.

Shrinet said that the prices of vegetables are running like a rocket. Vegetables have become so expensive that they can be given as gifts during weddings. He said that due to inflation, lemon is available at Rs 400 per kg, green chillies at Rs 400 per kg, ginger at Rs 400 per kg, coriander at Rs 200 per kg, tomato at Rs 160 per kg, garlic at Rs 130 per kg, parwal at Rs 80 per kg, colocasia at Rs 80 per kg and Bhindi is being sold at Rs 70 per kg. Meanwhile, Mahila Congress also demonstrated here today regarding the costlier vegetables and raised slogans against the government.