Rahul Gandhi takes swipe at PM Narendra Modi over issue of price rise

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday came down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue of price and unemployment.

Dubbing Modi as a 'king', Gandhi said that 57 MPs were arrested while 23 other were suspended for asking questions on joblessness and inflation.

"Why a cylinder for Rs 1053? Why GST on curd-cereals? Why Mustard Oil for Rs 200? The 'king' arrested 57 MPs and suspended 23 MPs for asking questions on inflation and unemployment," Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.


The Gandhi scion also said that the 'king' was afraid of taking questions.

"The king is afraid of questions in the temple of democracy, but we know very well how to fight dictators," he said

Twenty Rajya Sabha MPs have been suspended from the House for the rest of the week after they continued to disrupt the proceedings demanding an immediate discussion on various issues, including price rise and levy of GST on essential items.