The Congress on Thursday said the "ever-increasing" unemployment and inflation due to "wrong policies" of the Modi government have made life extremely difficult for lower and middle class families, and asserted that the country now needs a budget that provides relief from rising prices, reported news agency PTI.

Jairam Ramesh, Congress general secretary in-charge communications shared a report on X which claimed that "back-breaking inflation in the last 10 years has emptied the pockets of the common people."