Congress Rebukes FM Nirmala Sitharaman Over Her ‘1991 Economic Reforms’ Comment
On Wednesday, Congress rebuked Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman for her comments some weeks ago citing the 1991 economic reforms as "half-baked" and stated "master chef Gadkari" has baked it completely and nicely by paying extravagant accolades to ex-prime minister Manmohan Singh. Nitin Gadkari also spoke that India is beholden to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the 1991 economic reforms he began. In September, at an occasion, Ms Sitharaman stated that the 1991 economic reforms launched by the Congress government were "aadhe-adhure reforms" (half-baked reforms), where the economy was not handled the right way but by the constrictions levied by the IMF. Poking Ms. Sitharaman, Congress general secretary in charge communications Jairam Ramesh stated, "On 16th Sept
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