India, Oct. 8 -- The Congress on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the repo rate hike, saying he is busy celebrating 25 years of glory while the country was hurtling toward a "major economic crisis".

Taking a dig at the government, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh recalled the lyrics of a song from the 1961 Dev Anand-starrer Hum Dono -- 'Barbadiyon ka jashn manata chala gaya, har fikr ko dhuein mein udata chala gaya'.

Ramesh shared the screenshot of a media report which stated that installments on existing loans and the cost of new loans could rise, ahead of the festive season, after the RBI hiked interest rates for the first time since February 2023.

The opposition party's dig came a day after the Reserve Ba...