The Congress, on Sunday, hit out hard at the Modi government at the Centre over the prevailing economic situation in the country.

Speaking in Jaipur, Rajasthan at an agitation against the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) perceived anti-reservation stance, Ashok Gehlot, the Rajasthan chief minister and senior Congress leader, said, "The husband of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman had stated that the [Modi] Government does not understand the economic situation."

Ashok Gehlot said that the central government is to adopt the policies of former prime minister Manmohan Singh that prevailed during PV Narasimha Rao's regime to "save the economy".

"There is an economic crisis in the country today. Their Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's husband says that the government does not understand economic situation. They left out on Pandit Nehru and his policies. Now, they should adopt the policies of Manmohan Singh that were there during Narasimha Rao's time to save the economy. They do not have any credibility and are losing credibility because only two people, [Narendra] Modi and Amit Shah, are ruling in the Centre," Ashok Gehlot said.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, during his hard hitting speech, took jibes at the BJP over the Delhi election results.

Ashok Gehlot said that he had inside information that the BJP leaders themselves wanted the BJP to perform badly during the recently concluded Delhi election.

"During the result of the Delhi election, the BJP leaders were amazed at how the BJP was ahead with 20 seats. They said, it should come down to a single digit. In the morning, when the BJP led the election with 20 seats, the BJP people said that leading with 20 seats was impossible adding that they should be in such a bad shape that they should have been at a single digit, the figure should be below 10," Ashok Gehlot added.