At 10.35 am on 14 August, for the first time in the history of India, rupee fell past the 70 mark against the US dollar over concerns over a rise in global protectionist measures. And Twitter couldn’t keep calm!
While Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chander Garg blamed “external factors” for the rupee hitting record-low, Congress president Rahul Gandhi did not miss the chance to take a jibe at PM Narendra Modi on the micro-blogging site.
In the video, recalling a speech he had made about five years ago, Modi, as Chief Minister of Gujarat, says the way in which US dollar was getting strengthened, the rupee was getting weaker.
He wasn’t the only one taking a sweep at the prime minister using an old video.
Oh then we had this too!
Twitterati were also quick to make Bollywood memes crying over the falling value of rupee. They did not even spare “Gaitonde”!
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