new delhi referring to the economic slowdown the congress on friday said the governments functioning has been affected by the karona dont do anything virus asserting that the centre continues to function in an ostrichlike mode despite all economic indicators spiralling downwardthe congress attack on the government came after official data released on friday showed that indias economic growth slowed to 47 per cent in octoberdecember 2019economy is in shambles stagflation is here every indicator of economy is in a downward spiral yet the government continues to function in an ostrichlike mode congress chief spokesperson randeep surjewala and spokesperson gaurav vallabh said in a statementkarona dont do anything virus has plagued the functioning of the bjp government as reflected in the latest gdp numbers they said in a play on the word corona in coronavirus which has affected various parts of the world after wreaking havoc in chinasurjewala and vallabh also asked the government whether it only wants to manage the numbers through unclear revisions and why it is not coming out with the truth that this is not a 20basis point improvementits the right intentions converting into actions that is required the statement saidthe gross domestic product gdp growth was registered at 56 per cent in the corresponding quarter of 201819 as per the data released by the national statistical office nsothe congress alleged that the alarming indicators are being ignored by a myopic bjp government blinded by inertiaboth q1 and q2 gdp growth have been revised to 56 and 51 respectively thus despite poor numbers across the growth indicators how has this magic happened he askedreal estate is at an alltime high stress with more than 12 lakh units lying unsold and no clear sight of any revival the congress saidbank credit is showing clear signs of tiring yet finance is indicated as growing is this a result of those financing transactions which are not in the eye of any statistics the party askeddespite the socalled stimulus by the government in september 2019 and during the budget the sentiment towards demand and consumption are clearly down the statement saidwere not getting any indication that the government is concerned industry and manufacturing sector are down and clearly indicating that the pain in unemployment rate was not exaggerated it saidyet theres no clarity as to what the government is doing to stop this unabated risk in the country exports are significantly down capital formation is at a negative of 52 per cent clearly indicating that theres no positive outlook for investments this is a huge risk that is confronting the economy the congress said