Countdown for Modi govt exit has begun, says Sitaram Yechury

Kolkata: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday alleged that demonetisation and haphazard implementation of GST had broken the backbone of Indian economy and held the Narendra Modi government responsible for the economic “downturn”.

Citing the defeat of the ABVP, student wing of the RSS, in the recent student union elections in the JNU and in the Delhi University, the Left leader claimed that the countdown for the exit of NDA government has already begun.

“The Narendra Modi government is responsible for the downturn in economic growth of the country. First demonetisation then implementation of GST in a haphazard manner has broken the backbone of Indian economy,” Mr Yechury alleged.

“The farmers are committing suicide due to debts and the government is totally ignorant towards it. The government is not taking any action to recover the loans given to big corporate houses,” he claimed at a press conference here.

Mr Yechury alleged that the BJP and its ministers are trying to mislead the nation by putting the blame of economic on “technical reasons”.

Referring to the victory of Left alliance in JNU and the Congress student wing NSUI defeating the ABVP in two out of four seats in the DUSU polls, Mr Yechury said, “These election results are a reflection of the changing atmosphere in the country and I can say that the countdown for the exit of the Narendra Modi government has already begun,”.