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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the government did not seek resignation of Urjit Patel as RBI Governor over differences on some issues, and went on to cite how central bank heads were made to resign under prime ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi and when Yashwant Sinha was finance minister.

Union Minister Arun Jaitley today termed allegations of misdoings in Rafale fighter deal as "unsubstantiated" and "reprocessed lies" and said these were being levelled by forces increasingly desperate to prove their relevance.

The new favourite of the Prime Minister appears to be Piyush Goyal. Like Arun Jaitley before him, he is the new superman in the cabinet. He is today in charge of Coal, Railways, and on top of it all, the Minister is Finance and Corporate Affairs.

The Nirav Modi scam has not only exposed the frailties of the banking system in the country but also sullied the sparkling image of the Modi government. It was but natural for a political slugfest to break out as a result of this scam, but in the confusion created by the allegations and counter allegations, truth has become a casualty.

Dissenting BJP leader and former Union finance minister Yashwant Sinha today criticised the 2018-19 Union Budget presented by Arun Jaitley, saying there was no application of mind while preparing it.

Telangana BJP spokesperson Krishna Saagar Rao said today that senior leaders Yashwant Sinha and Shatrughan Sinha should resign from the party if they have "problems" about governance and are not finding enough opportunities to raise issues at party forums.

Criticising Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over imposing a "deeply flawed" Goods and Service Tax (GST), BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha Tuesday said countrymen can rightly demand he quit for the hardships caused and also felt he is a "burden" on the people of Gujarat.

Arun Shourie, former union minister, was categorical today in blaming the economic slowdown on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's shock outlawing of high-denomination notes a year ago. "It was the largest money-laundering scheme ever, conceived and implemented entirely by the government," Mr Shourie told NDTV today

Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha today attacked Arun Jaitley again, saying that if he were a "job applicant" at 80, then Mr Jaitley would not be the country's Finance Minister.

Bibek Debroy, who heads the new Economic Advisory Council set up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, took swipes at BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha's critique of the economy and said what the former finance minister called a "serious emergency" was actually a "minor cold".

After backing BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha's searing critique of the economy and the government's decisions, the party's Shatrughan Sinha today directed a series of tweets at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's takedown of his critics for the government's handling of the economy has drawn a jibe from the Congress that not just accused the minister of shifting goalposts but also attacked the minister for comments about BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha that the Congress said "should be unacceptable in political life".

Union minister Jayant Sinha today denied he wrote a newspaper article disputing his father and former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha's contentions on the state of India's economy at anybody's bidding, insisting it was "absolutely out of my own conscience"

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, in his caustic comeback to BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha's criticism of the state of the economy, described the former finance minister as "a job applicant at 80". Mr Jaitley said that he did not "have the luxury as yet of being a former finance minister" or a "former finance minister who has turned a columnist".

Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha stung his party yesterday with an opinion piece titled "I Need To Speak Up Now" in which he demolished Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and his handling of the economy, which fell to a three-year-low of 5.7 per cent in the last quarter. The government rejected his assessment. "Under the decisive leadership of PM Modi, ...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the government did not seek resignation of Urjit Patel as RBI Governor over differences on some issues, and went on to cite how central bank heads were made to resign under prime ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi and when Yashwant Sinha was finance minister.

Union Minister Arun Jaitley today termed allegations of misdoings in Rafale fighter deal as "unsubstantiated" and "reprocessed lies" and said these were being levelled by forces increasingly desperate to prove their relevance.

The new favourite of the Prime Minister appears to be Piyush Goyal. Like Arun Jaitley before him, he is the new superman in the cabinet. He is today in charge of Coal, Railways, and on top of it all, the Minister is Finance and Corporate Affairs.

The Nirav Modi scam has not only exposed the frailties of the banking system in the country but also sullied the sparkling image of the Modi government. It was but natural for a political slugfest to break out as a result of this scam, but in the confusion created by the allegations and counter allegations, truth has become a casualty.

Dissenting BJP leader and former Union finance minister Yashwant Sinha today criticised the 2018-19 Union Budget presented by Arun Jaitley, saying there was no application of mind while preparing it.

Telangana BJP spokesperson Krishna Saagar Rao said today that senior leaders Yashwant Sinha and Shatrughan Sinha should resign from the party if they have "problems" about governance and are not finding enough opportunities to raise issues at party forums.

Criticising Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over imposing a "deeply flawed" Goods and Service Tax (GST), BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha Tuesday said countrymen can rightly demand he quit for the hardships caused and also felt he is a "burden" on the people of Gujarat.

Arun Shourie, former union minister, was categorical today in blaming the economic slowdown on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's shock outlawing of high-denomination notes a year ago. "It was the largest money-laundering scheme ever, conceived and implemented entirely by the government," Mr Shourie told NDTV today

Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha today attacked Arun Jaitley again, saying that if he were a "job applicant" at 80, then Mr Jaitley would not be the country's Finance Minister.

Bibek Debroy, who heads the new Economic Advisory Council set up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, took swipes at BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha's critique of the economy and said what the former finance minister called a "serious emergency" was actually a "minor cold".

After backing BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha's searing critique of the economy and the government's decisions, the party's Shatrughan Sinha today directed a series of tweets at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's takedown of his critics for the government's handling of the economy has drawn a jibe from the Congress that not just accused the minister of shifting goalposts but also attacked the minister for comments about BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha that the Congress said "should be unacceptable in political life".

Union minister Jayant Sinha today denied he wrote a newspaper article disputing his father and former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha's contentions on the state of India's economy at anybody's bidding, insisting it was "absolutely out of my own conscience"

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, in his caustic comeback to BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha's criticism of the state of the economy, described the former finance minister as "a job applicant at 80". Mr Jaitley said that he did not "have the luxury as yet of being a former finance minister" or a "former finance minister who has turned a columnist".

Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha stung his party yesterday with an opinion piece titled "I Need To Speak Up Now" in which he demolished Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and his handling of the economy, which fell to a three-year-low of 5.7 per cent in the last quarter. The government rejected his assessment. "Under the decisive leadership of PM Modi, ...