'Dr Arun Jaitley, all your tricks have failed': Rahul Gandhi mocks FM on Twitter again

Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter and said that the country's economy is in ICU due to demonetisation and the GST.

New Delhi: In yet another attack on the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that all efforts taken by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to strengthen the country's economy have resulted in vein. 

The Gandhi scion took to Twitter and said that the country's economy is in ICU due to demonetisation and the Good and Services Tax introduced by the Centre recently.

Targeting the Finance Minister, the Congress leader said, ''Dr Jaitley, you have been claiming that you are inferior to none, but all your tricks have utterly failed.''

डॉ जेटली, नोटबंदी और GST से अर्थव्यवस्था ICU में है।

आप कहते हैं आप किसी से कम नहीं,
मगर आपकी दवा में दम नहीं

— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) October 26, 2017

The Congress no. 2 had earlier mocked Jaitley over his GDP growth forecast, terming it as a "farce".

"Dear Mr. Jaitley, May the Farce be with you," Rahul Gandhi had tweeted on Wednesday. 

Mocking Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's statements on the economic performance, the Gandhi scion had also tagged a previous tweet posted by the Press Information Bureau which said that real GDP growth average was 7.5 percent in the last three years.

Interestingly, the Congress vice president's remark was a pun on the famous line from the Star Wars blockbuster movie series.

The table accompanying the PIB tweet said "IMF Forecast" said that 8.2 percent growth was achieved in 2015-16, temporary economic slowdown was bottoming out and the GDP was projected to grow much faster in the times to come.

It is to be noted that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had on Tuesday said the Indian economy is on a strong wicket and expressed confidence in its macroeconomic fundamentals. 

Jaitley also maintained that India has been the fastest growing major economy for the last three years and the government is attempting to maintain a high growth rate.