Budget Session 2022 Highlights : Govt pushed 23 crore people back into poverty, says Rahul Gandhi in LS

A day after Congress president Rahul Gandhi said in his Parliament speech that China and Pakistan are closer because of the policies of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said he “won’t endorse” those remarks. I'll leave it to Pakistanis and PRC to speak to their relationship,” Price said. Speaking during the debate Motion of Thanks on President Ram Nath Kovind's address to Parliament, Gandhi said on February 2 that the government has brought China and Pakistan together.

Total foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows during April-November 2021 stood at USD 54.10 billion, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Som Parkash said the government has put in place a liberal and transparent policy for FDI, wherein most of the sectors are open under the automatic route.To further liberalise and simplify FDI policy for providing the ease of doing business and attract investments, reforms have been undertaken recently across sectors such as coal mining, contract manufacturing, digital media, single-brand retail trading, civil aviation, defence, insurance and telecom, he said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. "During the current financial year 2021-22 (up to November 2021), FDI inflows worth USD 54.10 billion have been reported in the country," he said.

Do not be under any illusion, do not underestimate the force that is standing in front of you. You have brought Pakistan and China together. This is the single biggest crime that you could commit against the people of India: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha.

The Chinese have a very clear vision of what they want to do. The single biggest strategic goal of India's foreign policy has been to keep Pakistan and China separate. What you have done is, you have brought them together: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha

Ask yourselves why you are not able to get a guest on Republic Day. Today India is completely isolated & surrounded. We are surrounded in Sri Lanka, Nepal, Burma, Pakistan, Afghanistan, China. Everywhere we are surrounded. Our opponents understand our position: Rahul Gandhi in LS

You talk of Made in India. But there cannot be Made in India today. The matter has ended because who are the people involved in Made in India? Small and medium industry, unorganised sector - whom you have finished. Made in India is not going to take place: Rahul Gandhi in LS

UPA Govt pulled 27 crore people out of poverty in 10 years. This is not our data, this is factual data. You pushed 23 crore people back into poverty: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha .

You speak of providing employment, 3 cr youth lost their jobs in 2021. Today India is facing the highest unemployment in 50 yrs. You talk of Made in India, Start-Up India, but the youth didn't get the employment they were supposed to.The one they had has disappeared: Rahul Gandhi

There was not a single word on unemployment in the Presidential Address. The youth across the country is looking for jobs. Your govt is unable to provide them with one: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha

And then another India for the poor. The gap between these two Indias is widening: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha

There are two Indias, one India is for the extremely rich people - for those who have immense wealth, immense power, for those who don't need a job, those who don't need water connection,electricity connections, but for those who control the heartbeat of the country: Rahul Gandhi

I think there were 3 fundamental things that were not spoken about in the Presidential Address. First, and what I consider to be the most important, is the idea that there are now two Indias. There is now no longer one India: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha

To me, it seemed that Presidential Address was a list of bureaucratic ideas instead of a strategic vision. It looked to me as if it has been constructed not by a vision of leadership but by a group of bureaucrats who had to simply put something down on paper: Rahul Gandhi in LS