Keeping up the pressure on the Modi government over the economic slump, the Congress on Thursday alleged that the country was being pushed towards a "financial emergency" and farmers, the middle class and youths were bearing the brunt of the bad policies of the government.

Keeping up the pressure on the #Modigovernment over the #economic slump, the #Congress (@INCIndia) alleged that the country was being pushed towards a "financial emergency" and farmers, the middle class and youths were bearing the brunt of the bad policies of the government. pic.twitter.com/o4cgNe5KlQ

— IANS Tweets (@ians_india) September 3, 2020

Citing data, the party said, "40 crore Indians are being pushed below the poverty line as per the ILO Report and 80 lakh people were forced to withdraw Rs 30,000 crore" from their EPFO accounts. Between April to July 2020, two crore salaried people lost their jobs. In the unorganised sector, 10 crore jobs were lost during the lockdown (CMIE)."