NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that he supported fair business practices while denouncing monopolistic control after the BJP criticised his recent remarks on concentrated corporate power in India . “I want to make something absolutely clear. I've been projected by my opponents in the BJP to be anti-business.
I'm not anti-business in the least. I am anti-monopoly. I am anti-creating oligopolies.
I am anti-domination of business by one or two or three or five people,” Rahul stated in a post, reiterating that his comments are directed against concentrated power, not enterprise itself. Rahul, drawing on his experience as a former management consultant, further added, “I understand the type of things that are required for a business to succeed. So I just want to repeat: I'm not anti-business, I'm anti-monopoly.
” The BJP on Wednesday accused Rahul of spreading “baseless accusations” against PM Narendra Modi in response to an opinion piece that he wrote in The Indian Express, where he likened modern monopolistic practices to the historical dominance of the East India Company. “Another baseless accusation against the Modi government through the so-called ‘match-fixing monopoly groups versus fair-play businesses’ is simply misleading,” the BJP wrote on X responding to Rahul Gandhi’s claims. "Dear Baalak Buddhi, do not jump to conclusions without examining facts," the saffron party said in a veiled reference at Rahul.
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