News

Nirmala Sitharaman takes on Rahul Gandhi

In a 4-post long thread on X, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman challenged former Congress president Rahul Gandhi earlier this week, saying that the Narendra Modi government had managed the Indian economy much better than the Manmohan Singh government and that the Congress mascot's promises would turn the country broke. She continued with her attacks on the Congress the next day.

Surajit Dasgupta

14 May 2024 18:59 IST

New Update

Nirmala Sitharaman takes on Rahul Gandhi

Listen to this article

0.75x 1x 1.5x

00:00 / 00:00

In the campaign for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, one of the things that the contesting parties are debating is the state of the Indian economy and how their manifestos figure in this regard. In this context, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has challenged Rahul Gandhi and his Congress to explain how their “massive schemes of fiscal extravagance” could be implemented without raising the tax burden on people.

Narendra Modi Congress Nirmala Sitharaman Rahul Gandhi UPA NDA