<p>The Congress on Wednesday attacked the BJP government over the state of the economy, with party leader P Chidambaram saying that the second quarter of 2019-20 will be catastrophic.</p>.<p>Party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has for the first time admitted that there is recession in the economy.</p>.<p>"After the failure of the Ola-Uber theory and the film hit theory, the finance minister has now made an admission about the recession. For the first time yesterday, she felt there is a recession. Let's wake up when we do," she said in a tweet in Hindi.</p>.<p>Chidambaram said that in two weeks, the country will know how catastrophic the second quarter of 2019-20 has been for the economy.</p>.<p>"And when the catastrophe is known, please remember it is a man-made catastrophe. We will go below 5 per cent, the question is how much lower," he said on Twitter.</p>.<p>The Congress leader is lodged in Tihar jail and has asked his family to tweet this on his behalf.</p>.<p>Party leader Jairam Ramesh also tweeted, "SBI research has forecast July-September 2019 GDP growth at 4.2 pc, the lowest in past 8 years. Moreover, since Jan-Mar 2017, GDP growth has fallen steadily every quarter."</p>.<p>"The nation wants to know: how many more quarters will this continue," he asked. </p>
<p>The Congress on Wednesday attacked the BJP government over the state of the economy, with party leader P Chidambaram saying that the second quarter of 2019-20 will be catastrophic.</p>.<p>Party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has for the first time admitted that there is recession in the economy.</p>.<p>"After the failure of the Ola-Uber theory and the film hit theory, the finance minister has now made an admission about the recession. For the first time yesterday, she felt there is a recession. Let's wake up when we do," she said in a tweet in Hindi.</p>.<p>Chidambaram said that in two weeks, the country will know how catastrophic the second quarter of 2019-20 has been for the economy.</p>.<p>"And when the catastrophe is known, please remember it is a man-made catastrophe. We will go below 5 per cent, the question is how much lower," he said on Twitter.</p>.<p>The Congress leader is lodged in Tihar jail and has asked his family to tweet this on his behalf.</p>.<p>Party leader Jairam Ramesh also tweeted, "SBI research has forecast July-September 2019 GDP growth at 4.2 pc, the lowest in past 8 years. Moreover, since Jan-Mar 2017, GDP growth has fallen steadily every quarter."</p>.<p>"The nation wants to know: how many more quarters will this continue," he asked. </p>