New Delhi:
Congress’s Rahul Gandhi, who is now in Germany’s Munich, has waded into another controversy with his comments of manufacturing in India. After a visit to a plant of automobile manufacturer BMW, Gandhi posted a video on social media in which he is heard criticising the status of manufacturing in India.
“Manufacturing is the backbone of strong economies. Sadly, in India, manufacturing is declining. For us to accelerate growth, we need to produce more — build meaningful manufacturing ecosystems, and create high-quality jobs at scale,” he is heard saying in the video on Instagram.
It ruffled the feathers of the BJP, which had been anticipating criticism from him during the tour.
BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari called Mr Gandhi’s claim of decline “fake news”.
In a post on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, he claimed 495 per cent growth in total electronics manufacturing in the last 10 years, and a 760 per cent growth in exports
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