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Rahul Gandhi slams Centre over reducing interest rates

| | Mar 20, 2016, at 12:56 am
New Delhi, Mar 19 (IBNS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused the central government over its move to reduce interest rates on small savings schemes.

Speaking against the government's move of slashing interest rates, Gandhi said that it is assault by the PM and his team.

"Slashing interest rates on small savings - on PPF and KVPs, is yet another assault by the Modi Govt on hard working middle class people."

Terming it an event management politics by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gandhi said, "This Govt has failed farmers,failed the poor&now it's failing the middle class.Modiji ppl are seeing through your event management politics!"

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