The Experience BJP leader analysis of the economy had liable to Mr. Jaitley for making a "confusion" of the economy that will not revive before the next general election, an analysis that has been cited by Congress leaders to corner the BJP-led national alliance that completed three years in May this year. Mr.Jaitley broke his silence on the barbs thrown at him for the last two days last evening at the release of a book titled named "India @70 Modi @3.5", flinging the darts back at Yashwant Sinha and Congress' P Chidambaram. Calling Mr. Sinha "a job applicant at 80", Mr. Jaitley said he did not "have the luxury as yet of being a former finance minister" and so, could not forget certain facts or change the narrative to suit his ease. The minister unused to that the economy had slowed down and charged the two former ministers of "acting in tandem", reminded them both how they had run down each other in the past.
Hitting back, the Congress said the minister had "tried to escape the blame game, shift goal posts, escape responsibilities, and deny accountability" and skipped far too many points. He had, for instance, not spoken about the number of jobs that his government had created. "All he did was insult his predecessor and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Yashwant Sinha by passing remarks that should be unacceptable in political life," Congress Spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said, a reference to Mr. Jaitley calling Mr. Sinha a job applicant.
"The Finance Minister did not answer why the exports share in the GDP is at a 14-year low? He did not clear why PMI (Purchasing Managers' Index) in the manufacturing sector is at eight-year low and credit growth lowest in the last 63 years?"
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