Reply to Kanchan Gupta’s Article: “Whose Interest’s is Rahul Gandhi Serving?”

By Ahmed Sohail Siddiqui

Kanchan Gupta’s latest piece, masquerading as economic analysis, is less journalism and more a scripted PR exercise for the Modi regime. His tirade against Rahul Gandhi may grab headlines, but it fails to engage with ground realities. Worse, it conveniently sidesteps the dual betrayal of the Indian public by both the BJP and the Congress—who for decades have merely swapped seats in a fixed match of crony capitalism and communal manipulation.

Let’s dismantle the propaganda piece by piece.

📌 Inflation is at a 6-year low?

Ask the common Indian. Dal, roti, vegetables, gas, and education costs have skyrocketed. Inflation on paper is tamed only when you rig the basket of items used to calculate CPI. The RBI may issue comforting statistics, but the average family’s kitchen budget screams otherwise.

📌 PMI, Air Travel, Tractor Sales – Growth for Whom?

These are cherry-picked, urban-centric or sectoral indicators. They do not reflect mass employment conditions or MSME health, where 90% of India’s working class is engaged. In fact:

Unemployment among graduates remains above 16%.
40 crore Indians are still in the informal sector with no job security.
25 lakh sanctioned government vacancies lie unfilled under Modi.

Air travel and digital payments aren’t poverty indicators. They represent consumerism by the top 10%, not economic justice for the bottom 60%.

📌 Digital Payment Surge = Economic Upliftment?

No. Digital growth in a country where cash still dominates rural economies is not proof of equality, but of surveillance capitalism. Fintech profits, but farmers still die by suicide. UPI may be booming, but farmer incomes are stagnant, and rural debt is exploding.

📌 Toll & Petrol = Prosperity?

Toll collection up 15%? That’s because the government is squeezing commuters and transporters with sky-high user charges. Petrol consumption rising does not mean more wealth—it often signals lack of public transport and state inefficiency. It’s a cost burden, not a prosperity sign.

📌 IMF & World Bank Say We’re Growing?

India’s GDP growth is heavily skewed. Yes, India is growing, but only for the top 1%. The Adani-Ambani economy is booming, while:

India slipped in Global Hunger Index.
Malnutrition still kills 2 million children yearly.
Wage growth is stagnant for the bottom 50% since demonetisation.

So, Who is Rahul Gandhi Serving?

Kanchan asks, “Whose interests is Rahul Gandhi serving?” The better question is: Whose interests are Modi and BJP serving?

The top 20 business houses who got loan waivers worth ₹10 lakh crore?
The same corporates who grabbed Waqf, tribal, and forest land under bulldozer policies?
The cronies getting LIC, Railways, Airports, and PSUs handed to them?

Rahul Gandhi’s critique of a ‘dead economy’ is an alarm bell, not a foreign plot. His attacks are not against India—but against a captured state serving billionaires, not the poor.

BJP-Congress: Fixed Match of Betrayal

Let us not forget: Modi’s economy is a continuation of Manmohan Singh’s neoliberal era. Congress sold the family silver; BJP handed over the entire house. Both parties have repeatedly sold India’s soul to corporates, while orchestrating communal hatred to distract the masses.

Where was Kanchan Gupta’s righteous fury when:

Congress-UPA bailed out Kingfisher and let Nirav Modi flee?
BJP wrote off Adani’s loans post-2014?
Both parties stayed silent on Ambani’s Waqf land grab for Antilia?

Conclusion

Rahul Gandhi may not be the perfect opposition, but attacking him for speaking economic truth is dishonest. Modi’s cheerleaders like Kanchan Gupta are not defending India—they are defending a privatised, polarised, and plundered India.

The real question is:
Whose interests is Kanchan Gupta serving—India’s 140 crore people, or a handful of billionaires using both BJP and Congress like political pawns?

Ahmed Sohail Siddiqui
Senior Journalist & Editor, www.HudaTaha.com

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Below is the complete article by Kanchan Gupta

𝗪𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗥𝗮𝗵𝘂𝗹 𝗚𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗵𝗶 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴? By Kanchan Gupta

Nehru dynast, Congress MP and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi has hit a disgraceful new low, blatantly undermining the Indian people’s aspirations, accomplishments, and well-being with his shameless rhetoric.

📌Inflation is at a 6-year low due to Modi Government’s efforts.

📌 PMI is at a 17-year high, showing high economic activity.

📌 Air passenger traffic grew 6.6% (April-May 2025)—proof of a thriving, upwardly mobile middle class.

📌 Retail tractor sales up 8.7% and three-wheeler production up 8.6%—rural and urban India both on the move.

📌 Renewable energy generation soared by 18.2%, cementing India’s place as a global leader in green energy.

📌 World Bank calls India the “standout growth story” of the decade.

📌 Digital payment volumes surged 26.6% and UPI transactions leapt 33.3%—proving digital India is thriving like never before.

📌 Toll collections up 15.5% and petrol consumption up 6.8%—evidence of increased mobility, logistics, and personal prosperity.

📌 IMF has just revised India’s GDP growth forecasts upwards by 20 basis points for 2025 and 10 basis points for 2026. This is amidst global gloom and slowdown in many developed countries.

📌 Despite odds, India is the fastest-growing major economy globally in last many years.

Rahul Gandhi’s repeated claims of a “dead economy” fly in the face of India’s robust economic growth, which is driving job creation, opportunities, and prosperity for millions.

By relentlessly disparaging the nation’s progress, he insults the hard work and aspirations of 140 crore Indians striving for a brighter future.

His rabble-rousing demagoguery raises a critical question:
𝗪𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴? 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴?