AMN / New Delhi
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today took a jibe at the sharp criticism of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s handling of the economy by senior BJP leader and former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha.
In an article in a leading English daily, Mr Sinha had said, ‘The Prime Minister claims that he has seen poverty from close quarters.
His finance minister is working over time to make sure that all Indians also see it from equally close quarters.
‘ In a post on Twitter, Mr Gandhi, taking a jibe at Mr Jaitley’s handling of the economy, said, ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your copilot & FM speaking. Plz fasten your seat belts & take brace position.
“Ladies and gentlemen, this is your copilot and FM speaking. Please fasten your seat belts and take brace position. The wings have fallen off our plane,” Gandhi tweeted while sharing the article Sinha wrote in The Indian Express, critical of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
In the hard-hitting remarks, Sinha, who was the Finance Minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s government, lashed out at “superman” Jaitley for making a “mess” of the Indian economy which is headed for a “hard landing” as sector after sector is slipping into distress.