RAE BARELI, May 19 -- Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said India was heading towards an "economic storm" and blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the situation.

"India is on the brink of an unprecedented economic storm, one never seen before, and it could hit within months. When it comes, Ambani and Adani will retreat into their palaces under heavy security, but it is the youth, farmers and small traders who will suffer the consequences," Gandhi said while addressing a 'Jan Samvad' programme at Saraswati Inter College in the Kheiro area of Rae Bareli on the first day of his two-day visit to his parliamentary constituency.

"I have been telling Modi for years that what his government has done in the la...