Congress Questions PM Modi on Price Rise and Inflation

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday claimed the effect of GST rate cuts on various commodities is being neutralised by “galloping inflation”, and said “headline” quarterly GDP numbers may give momentary elation to the ruling establishment but there are many faultlines in the India growth story that are not being acknowledged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh shared a screenshot of a media report which claimed that a year after GST rationalisation, higher commodity prices have eroded a large part of the gains with prices of several products — from food to consumer goods and automobiles — slowly inching up.

“The GST rate cuts in September 2025 were proclaimed to be game changers. They had, of course, been long overdue – but to boast of them as magic wands was hyperbole. In fact, their impact on boosting consumption has been mixed at best. For instance, automobile sales benefited while apparel sales did not,” Ramesh said on X.