Congress leader Rahul Gandhi released a new video today targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the central government for destroying

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi released a new video today targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the central government for destroying the unorganised sector with the sudden nationwide lockdown to check the spread of the coronavirus.

He emphasised that the government must introduce a "NYAY-like scheme" - the minimum wage social welfare scheme proposed by the Congress in its 2019 election manifesto.

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"The poor, those in small and medium businesses, are daily wage earners. They eat with what they earn each day. The Prime Minister said the fight will be for 21 days and instead of that the backbone of the unorganised sector broke in 21 days," Gandhi said.

Money needs to be directly deposited in bank accounts of the poor, Gandhi said reiterating what his party colleague and former P Chidambaram has repeatedly said on ways to revive the Indian economy from its record fall of 23.9 per cent.

Rahul Gandhi "The lockdown was not an attack on corona. The lockdown was an attack on the poor of India. The lockdown was an attack on labourers, farmers and small shopkeepers. It was an attack on our unorganised sector," Gandhi said.