You imagine PM Modi to focus on jobs, inflation. He's photographing cheetahs: Rahul Gandhi

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was focused on releasing cheetahs in the wild instead of worrying over rising prices and unemployment in the country.

The Wayanad MP who is leading the Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra said the Modi-led government was systematically attacking small, medium businesses, farmers and the labourers.

Gandhi was addressing a rally as part of the nationwide foot march that culminated for

"It's absurd. The problems of the nation are unemployment and prices. But the PM is releasing cheetahs in the wild. You imagine the Prime Minister should be spending his time resolving the unemployment crisis and resolving the price rise issues. But he is busy photographing cheetahs," the former Congress president said.