Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday stated Prime Minister Narendra Modi has mastered the “artwork of slogans” however presents no options, and claimed that India’s manufacturing was at a document low regardless of the ‘Make in India’ initiative.
“‘Make in India’ promised a manufacturing facility increase. So why is manufacturing at document lows, youth unemployment at document highs, and why have imports from China greater than doubled? “Modi ji has mastered the artwork of slogans, not options. Since 2014, manufacturing has fallen to 14 per cent of our economic system,” he stated in a put up on X.
“Make in India” promised a manufacturing facility increase. So why is manufacturing at document lows, youth unemployment at document highs, and why have imports from China greater than doubled?
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— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) June 21, 2025
Gandhi, the chief of opposition in Lok Sabha, stated Modi has “no new concepts” and has “surrendered”.
“Even the much-hyped PLI scheme is now being quietly rolled again,” he alleged.
Gandhi stated India wants a basic shift, one which empowers lakhs of producers by way of sincere reforms and monetary help.
“We should cease being a marketplace for others. If we don’t construct right here, we’ll maintain shopping for from those that do. The clock is ticking,” he stated.
Gandhi met cell restore technicians at Nehru Place, Delhi and hooked up a video of the dialog to the put up.
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“In Nehru Place, New Delhi, I met Shivam and Saif – vivid, expert, filled with promise – but denied the chance to fulfil it.”
Noting that there’s a distinction between ‘Made in India’ and ‘Assembled in India’, he stated: “The reality is stark: we assemble, we import, however we don’t construct. China earnings.” “China is the world’s digital market. There isn’t any different digital market anyplace. Meeting as many iPhones as you need, all you’re doing is giving cash to the massive oligopolies of India. Begin making iPhones, it’s a very completely different ball recreation,” he stated within the video.
The previous Congress chief stated to fabricate elements, whether or not it’s a motherboard or “small items”, you want a sure degree of machining, a sure degree of high quality, a sure degree of understanding of tolerances of working with small elements.
“That may be a learnt talent. That isn’t one thing you will get in simply two minutes. Till you begin respecting the concept of bodily labour, the person who’s doing that work…However we’ve got no respect for that man on the road who’s sitting there, promoting his issues, for hours collectively…”
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“And, on the centre of it, and other people don’t prefer it after I say it, and on the centre of it’s the concept of caste. We have to make this clear. We have to present precisely how Indian society distributes energy, precisely how Indian society distributes respect,” Gandhi noticed.
Rahul Gandhi and the Congress have raised the difficulty of conducting a nationwide caste census to determine if varied castes in society have a proportionate “share” of energy.

