The Congress on Tuesday criticised the policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government after the Indian rupee hit a record low, touching 70.08 against the US dollar in early trade. The Opposition party took a jibe at the prime minister by citing Modi’s constant claims that his government would achieve in 60 months what the Congress had failed to accomplish in the “60 years” of its existence as a dominant party in the nation’s politics.

“Modiji finally managed to do something that we couldn’t do in 70 years,” the Congress tweeted.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter to rebuke the prime minister and shared a video of Modi criticising the erstwhile Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government for a drop in the rupee’s value in 2013. “The Indian Rupee just gave the Supreme Leader, a vote of no confidence, crashing to a historic low,” Gandhi tweeted.

The Opposition party said: “The falling rupee and failing economy is Modiji’s Independence Day gift to the nation! ‘Modinomics’ has wreaked havoc for India’s economy and left it in dire straits. A falling Rupee is the stark symbol of the abject failures and economic mismanagement.”

The government, however, blamed external factors for the depreciation, which it said will ease going forward, PTI reported. There is “nothing at this stage to worry”, Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said.

The #Rupee and the Modi government hit a record low, adding to the farmer suicides, scarce job creation, and rampant unemployment that abound. When will the PM and his party take responsibility for the deplorable state of the economy that their policies have created? https://t.co/P5xzyaMEOt — Jyotiraditya Scindia (@JM_Scindia) August 14, 2018

देश के इतिहास में पहली बार

1 डॉलर = ₹69.93



आज फ़िर दोहराने योग्य-

गिरते रुपये पर मोदी जी की अमूल्य वाणी



"..जिस प्रकार से रूपया गिरता जा रहा है

विश्व व्यापार में भारत टिक नहीं पायेगा



..यह सिर्फ़ आर्थिक कारणों से नहीं हुआ,ये आपकी जो भ्रष्ट राजनीति है..उसके कारण हुआ है” pic.twitter.com/dZmpR4NfOq — Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) August 14, 2018

70 वर्ष में पहली बार 70 के पार गिरा रूपया !



70 वर्ष का नित नया राग आलापने वाले मोदी जी ने 70 साल में जो नहीं हुआ

वो कर दिखाया !



लुढ़कती अर्थव्यवस्था, लुटता ईमान,

गिरता रुपया,बोलिये मोदी जी,

अब कौन गिरा रहा है, देश का मान? #Rupee pic.twitter.com/VKGQfBwmFq — Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) August 14, 2018

The Indian #Rupee just gave the Supreme Leader, a vote of NO confidence, crashing to a historic low. Listen to the Supreme Leader's master class on economics in this video, where he explains why the Rupee is tanking. pic.twitter.com/E8O5u9kb23 — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 14, 2018