NEW DELHI: Former FM Yashwant Sinha carried on his criticism of the government's economic management, questioning the defense put by BJP leaders, including his son and MoS for civil aviation Jayant Sinha who had disproved his claim that the economy is sinking.

"If Jayant Sinha was so proficient to react to what I have raised, then why was he detached from the finance ministry," said Sinha in response to an inquiry about the article written by his son in TOI on Thursday. The junior Sinha had been MoS in finance.

Yashwant Sinha, however, remained firm and said he had waited long as much as necessary before speaking on the economy and in particular criticizing finance minister Arun Jaitley. He opposed his son and other ministers, saying, "I have presented seven budgets and if he (Jayant) is so capable he should respond why he was removed as (junior) finance minister."

"He is free to his own views as the government representative and I have my own views," said Yashwant Sinha.

After ministers like home minister Rajnath Singh and railway minister Piyush Goyal opposed Sinha's claims on Wednesday, BJP did not respond on Thursday.

As his views led to political fight between BJP and Congress, Sinha on Thursday claimed he had not anticipated such a uproar though he wanted to bring facts in the public domain in the hope that the government will take note.

"It was not a personal ill will. Rather, I expect a course correction and it should not be made a political oratory," he said.

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