Modi govt does not indulge in 'exchanging suitcases': FM Sitharaman

Says super-rich tax an attempt to help everyone grow

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday sought to highlight the “transparent” functioning of the Narendra Modi government, saying it did not indulge in “exchanging suitcases”. 

“There is no necessity to carry a suitcase in the Modi government. Giving and taking are transparent via tenders. When we do our work, there are certain practices of our own,” she said while speaking at the International Business Conference of Nagarathars in Chennai. 

  

Sitharaman had carried the Budget documents in a red-cloth bag on July 5 in reminiscence of the traditional bahi khata, instead of a leather briefcase, used by most of the past finance