Nirmala Sitharaman slams Rahul Gandhi's chor jibe
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New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman didn’t mince words when she hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s accusation of the government “stealing money from the RBI”.
Nirmala Sitharaman said, "Rahul Gandhi says chor [thief], I won't say the same word. The Congress is stuck with the chor tag, they are experts in using this word. I would have wanted Congress to not sully RBI's reputation."
"Whenever Rahul Gandhi raises things like 'chor,chori,' one thing comes to my mind, he tried his best 'chor, chor,chori,' but the public gave him befitting reply. What's the point of using the same words again?" Nirmala Sitharaman said.
The Congress leader on Tuesday criticized RBI’s cash transfer, saying the prime minister and the finance minister are "clueless" about solving the "self-created economic disaster" while accusing them of "stealing money" from the Bank.
He compared the move to stealing a Band-Aid from the dispensary and sticking it on a gunshot wound.
He was responding to the RBI’s permission to the government to take Rs 1.76 lakh crore from its reserves, give stimulus to the economy.
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman accused the Congress of maligning the reputation of the Reserved Bank of India.
"This was a committee appointed by RBI, outlandish is the word that I will use for the way comments are being made on RBI's reputation. It is worrying that a committee appointed by RBI experts is now being questioned," she said.