{"id":23714,"date":"2020-04-14T12:35:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T07:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/congress-says-pm-modis-address-hollow-no-mention-of-financial-package\/"},"modified":"2020-04-14T12:35:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T07:05:07","slug":"congress-says-pm-modis-address-hollow-no-mention-of-financial-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=23714","title":{"rendered":"Congress says PM Modi\u2019s address &#8216;hollow&#8217;, no mention of financial package"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/congress-says-pm-modis-address-hollow-no-mention-of-financial-package\/article31336629.ece\">PTI<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">\u201cThere is money, there is food, but the government will not release either money or food. Cry, my beloved country,\u201d senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram said on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The poor have been left to fend for themselves for 21+19 days, including practically soliciting food. There is money, there is food, but the government will not release either money or food. <br><br>Cry, my beloved country.<\/p>&mdash; P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PChidambaram_IN\/status\/1249930898973134849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Congress on Tuesday termed as \u201crhetoric\u201d and \u201chollow on specifics\u201d the Prime Minister\u2019s address to the nation, saying there was no mention of a financial package or concrete steps to revive the economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CMs\u2019 demand for money elicited no response. Not a rupee has been added to the miserly package of March 25, 2020<br><br>From Raghuram Rajan to Jean Dreze, from Prabhat Patnaik to Abhijit Banerji, their advice has fallen on deaf years.<\/p>&mdash; P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PChidambaram_IN\/status\/1249930896934719489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram said, \u201cThe poor have been left to fend for themselves for 21+19 days, including practically soliciting food. There is money, there is food, but the government will not release either money or food. Cry, my beloved country,\u201d he said on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The poor have been left to fend for themselves for 21+19 days, including practically soliciting food. There is money, there is food, but the government will not release either money or food. <br><br>Cry, my beloved country.<\/p>&mdash; P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PChidambaram_IN\/status\/1249930898973134849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced that the lockdown across the country will be extended till May 3 to fight the coronavirus pandemic, saying the measure has produced a significant outcome in containing the infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">But beyond the lockdown, what was \u2018new\u2019 in PM\u2019s new year message?<br><br>It is obvious that livelihood for the poor \u2014 their survival \u2014 is not among the priorities of the government.<\/p>&mdash; P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PChidambaram_IN\/status\/1249930894179106822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said the PM\u2019s address was like Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: \u2018Economic package must precede lifting of lockdown\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAmazing PM address. Exhortation, rhetoric, inspiration\u2026..yet hollow on specifics! No financial package, no details, no concrete item. Neither for poor nor middle class nor industry nor businesses. Lockdown is good but cannot be end in itself! Where is single livelihood issue,\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the PM should be assured that all stakeholders will do their duties and will strictly observe lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfter this: should we pray? We want concrete palliatives for these deprived classes and even for middle india and MSMEs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PTI \u201cThere is money, there is food, but the government will not release either money or food. Cry, my beloved country,\u201d senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram said on Twitter. The poor have been left to fend for themselves for 21+19 days, including practically soliciting food. 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