New Delhi, May 19 -- Launching a scathing attack on the Central government over the fresh spike in fuel rates, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday termed the ongoing economic distress a "Modi-government-made crisis".

He accused the ruling dispensation of shifting the burden of its strategic failures onto the common public while giving corporate entities a "free pass."

In a post on X, Kharge asserted that the BJP-led Centre is shifting the burden of its failures onto the public.

"Just four days after the price hike, the Modi government has once again increased the prices of petrol and diesel. Having set the full stage, preaching about savings while shifting the burden of their failures onto the public, this effort is in ful...