Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that the Indian economy has "derailed". Citing a media report which claimed that India's economic slowdown is showing no signs of abating, Rahul Gandhi said that the result of the current condition of the Indian economy would be a "train of recession coming at full throttle".

Addressing PM Modi and dubbing Nirmala Sitharaman as "incompetent", Rahul Gandhi said that if the finance minister is telling you "there is a light at the end of the tunnel", it is, he said, a "train of recession coming" in full speed.

"Mr PM, The economy has derailed and there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel. If your incompetent FM is telling you there is light, trust me it's the train of recession coming at full throttle," Rahul Gandhi said on Twitter.

Mr PM, The economy has derailed and there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel. If your incompetent FM is telling you there is light, trust me it’s the train of recession coming at full throttle.https://t.co/ewoVj5m27X

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 1, 2019