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Berkeley speech: Rahul concedes Cong became arrogant, hits out at note ban

Gandhi hit out at Modi govt's demonetisation drive and said India could not afford to grow at its current pace

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Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday addressed students of the University of California, Berkeley, on 'India at 70: Reflections on the Path Forward'. Photo: Twitter (@INCIndia)

BS Web Team New Delhi
Arrogance crept into the Congress party around the year 2012 and we stopped interacting with people, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi conceded in his address to students of the University of California, Berkeley on Tuesday. He was speaking on 'India at 70: Reflections on the Path Forward'. 

Further, commenting on the present Naional Democratic Alliance (NDA) government's economic policies, Gandhi said the November 2016 decision to demonetise high-value currency notes and the hastily rolled out Goods and Services Tax (GST) had put a great pressure on India's economy. He added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's demonetisation drive had led to a

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