Congress MP Rahul Gandhi took a pot-shot at prime minister Narendra Modi Wednesday over fears of a power crisis because of a shortage of coal. Gandhi alleged there were only eight days of coal stock left in India – a claim that raises memories of October last year, when coal shortage led to a huge electricity supply deficit primarily in Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab, Jharkhand, and Rajasthan.
Rahul Gandhi also threw in a reference to ‘bulldozers’ – a jab over BJP governments in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh using heavy machinery to destroy homes of riot accused and came hours before the Supreme Court ordered a temporary halt to the demolition drive in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area.
“Eight years of big talk has resulted in India having only eight days of coal stocks… Modi ji, stagflation is looming. Power cuts will crush small industries, leading to more job losses. Switch off the bulldozers of hate and switch on the power plants!” Gandhi tweeted.
Gandhi posted an infographic of two news headlines – one from June 2020 that read ‘Coal sector taken out of decades of lockdown’: PM announces ‘big step’, and another from Tuesday that read ‘India stares at power outage as coal stocks at power plants hit a low’
