Finance Minister Arun Jaitley recently criticised his predecessor P Chidambaram for being a ‘know-all living under false ‘illusion.’ Referring to a comment Chidambaram once made that the chief economic adviser was a very good doctor but the government is a terrible patient, Jaitley said expressed that a bad patient can also be cured if there is a good doctor. He added, “Between 2004-2014 you had a terrible doctor. And when you have a terrible doctor, even healthiest patients are likely to disappear.”
He also asserted that the Indian economy under the BJP rule has covered the journey from policy paralysis to structural reforms which have taken out the economy from being in fragile five to being a bright spot.
Further, Jaitley revealed the statistics on GDP growth, inflation, fiscal deficit and current account deficit (CAD) to draw a contrast between the previous UPA rule and the present regime while replying to the debate on the Union Budget 2018-19 in the Rajya Sabha.
