2016 was year of depression, suppression, regression: Ghulam Nabi Azad

Targeting the Narendra Modi government over issues ranging from demonetisation to unrest in Kashmir, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday said the year 2016 has been one of “depression, recession, regression and suppression”.

Speaking on the motion of thanks on President’s address, Azad said the government has failed and the country was going downward under the present regime.

Azad, who hails from Jammu and Kashmir, started on an emotional note over the situation in the Valley in the wake of militant commander Burhan Wani’s death in an encounter in July last year, and the violence that ensued.