'Earlier, onions woke unconscious people up': Shiv Sena attacks Centre on Indian economy

Shiv Sena's mouthpiece Saamana has heavily criticized Union Government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for slowdown in ecomy and has alleged igrance showed towards issue.

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Saamana's attack

On Tuesday, Sanjay Raut-edited Saamna stated, "At present, ecomy is slowing down. But government is t ready to accept. prices of onion have reached Rs 200 per kilogram. Finance Minister has also given a very childish answer on this issue. She said I do t eat onion-garlic, so do t ask me about onions. It seems Prime Minister has desire to resolve this issue. When Modi was t Prime Minister he had expressed concern over rising prices of onions. While he was Chief Minister of Gujarat he had stated that onion is a vital vegetable and added that vegetable should be kept in locker. Today, his policy has changed. Modi is w Prime Minister and ecomy is collapsing. Earlier, an unconscious person was cured with smell of onion. But that it t even possible w as edible bulb has disappeared from market."

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ecomy has been witnessing a slowdown, with latest GDP figures showing that during second quarter of FY 2019-20, GDP grew at 4.5%, slowest in almost seven years. previous quarter (April-June) GDP numbers were at 5% growth while  Q2 (2018-2019) stood at 7%. Last Thursday, Reserve Bank of India  In previous quarter of ongoing fiscal, ecomic growth was 5 percent. According to data released by National Statistical Office (NSO), gross value added (GVA) growth in manufacturing sector contracted by 1 per cent in second quarter of this fiscal from 6.9 percent expansion a year ago.

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