Centre should follow economic policies of Narasimha Rao, Manmohan Singh, says Gehlot

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday said the country's economy was weakening and the Centre should follow the policies of former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao and then finance minister Manmohan Singh to upend the downward trend.

He said the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Manmohan Singh and even the husband of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman have expressed concern over India's economy.

In a newspaper article published on October 14, Sitharaman's husband Prabhakar took a swipe at the BJP-led government over its economic vision and asked it to embrace the economic architecture offered by Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh.

"They (central government) should follow the policies of Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh, and start working. Then only the country will saved," Gehlot said at a public rally here.

"Democracy is under threat... We are becoming weaker economically. The entire country and the world is saying this," he said, adding, "You can imagine the state of affairs when the finance minister's husband is writing an article that the government has no understanding of the economic situation."