India Has Gone From "Hindu To Hindutva Growth Rate": BJP MP Slams Congress
Weighing in on India’s growth rate during a debate on the state of the national economy amid the prevailing global challenges in the Rajya Sabha on Day 2 of the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi on Tuesday said the country’s robust GDP numbers reflect the “growth rate of Hindutva”. In a veiled dig at the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the Centre, Mr Trivedi said the Indian economy was striving to go beyond 2 per cent, which was jokingly labelled as the “Hindu rate of growth”. Addressing the Upper House during the discussion on the economy, the BJP MP said, “With respect to the Indian economy, I am being reminded of the days when the country was under Congress rule. Our country was made fun of back in those days and it was said, in a jocular vein, that our economy couldn’t grow beyond 2 per cent. It was ridiculed as the ‘Hindu Growth Rate’.” Drawing a parallel between the state of the national economy in the Congress ye...