Rahul Gandhi’s Alarming Coronavirus Prognosis

Rahul Gandhi painted an apocalyptic future for India, criticising the Modi government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis.

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00:00I am sorry to say, our people are going to go through unimaginable pain in the next 6 months.

00:19The Indian economy is going to be devastated. You have no idea the painful thing this country has suffered.

00:23And it's coming. It's like a tsunami is coming.

00:27Before the tsunami comes, I will tell you the story that happened.

00:31In Andaman Nicobar, before the tsunami came, the water went out.

00:36When the water went out, everybody went to get the fish.

00:40When they went to get the fish, the water came in.

00:42So, the water is going to come.

00:44I have been warning the government that a massive tsunami is coming.

00:48And they are fooling about, they are not clear about what they have to do.

00:52India should be preparing itself, not just for Covid virus, but for the economic devastation that is coming.

00:58I am saying it again and again and again. Nobody is listening to me.

01:02I am sorry to say, our people are going to go through unimaginable pain in the next 6 months.

01:10People want to be rated by Moody's, to be rated by Standard & Poor, to be rated by Mr. Trump.

01:17I don't care about all that rating. I don't give a damn about that rating.

01:20I know what our strengths are and I am saying to you, start to prepare our strengths.

01:24Start to create a defensive situation.

01:27Because if you don't, there will be devastation.

01:30Again, there will be devastation.

01:32You think this one bank is a problem?

01:34Number of other banks are going to fall.

01:36That's what I am trying to say.

01:37I am trying to tell the Prime Minister, get your head out of the sand.

01:40Your head is right now in the sand.

01:41Pull it out.

01:42Look around what's going on.

01:43Don't be scared.

01:44Remove the fear that you have always carried all your life.

01:46Because India needs you to do that.

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