Cong & BJP Spar Over RBI

Oppn Slams Govt’s Surplus Transfer Of Funds; Finmin Calls Them Outlandish.

- Anand Patel

UNION Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his comment that the government borrowed money from the Reserved Bank of India (RBI).

After Rahul accused the government of ‘stealing money from the RBI’, Sitharaman said the Congress was an ‘expert on stealing’.

Finance Minister 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.”