Taking a swipe at the Centre, the Congress on Tuesday (June 17, 2025) claimed that the economic condition of the common people in India is “very worrying” and that instead of the ‘acche din’ promised by the Modi government, days of debt have arrived.

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Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh cited a media report which claimed that despite the increase in the income of the people in the country and inflation being under control, household savings have decreased for the third consecutive year.

“People’s savings in the country are decreasing, debt is increasing! This clearly means that on one hand inflation is increasing, on the other hand people’s income is decreasing. As a result, people are either withdrawing their savings or are forced to survive by taking loans,” Mr. Ramesh said in a post in Hindi on X.

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