New Delhi, Sep 2 (TIWN) Days after the Finance Ministry reported contraction in the GDP growth, former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday slammed the Narendra Modi government blaming its policies for the economic slowdown in the country.

"India has the potential to grow at a much faster rate, but the all-round mismanagement by the Modi government has resulted in this slowdown," said Singh, who is also an eminent economist.  Calling the slowdown a "man-made crisis", Singh, in a detailed statement, primarily blamed the Modi government's decision of demonetisation and a "hastily implemented GST" for the current state of economy.  The Congress shared Singh's statement on its official Twitter handle indicating that it was the party's position as well. With senior party leader and former finance minister P. Chidambaram in CBI custody, Manmohan Singh is the only credible face the Congress has to speak on the economy.