Auto slowdown a 'myth', why else would we have traffic jams, wonders BJP MP

The MP, who heads the BJP's Kisan Morcha, promised to provide onions at Rs 25 per kg from his constituency to all MPs

Virendra Singh “Mast”, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha MP, on Thursday disputed the Opposition’s attacks on the government over economic slowdown, particularly the criticism about declining sales in the automobile sector. The MP from Balia, Uttar Pradesh, said in the House such statements were being made to “defame” the country. He said there were many households that had multiple cars and there were traffic hold-ups. Participating in a discussion on damage to crops in recent months, the MP said: “To defame the nation and the government people are saying that the automobile sector has slowed. If there is