Arun Jaitley spars with economists who doubted official data's credibility

Jaitley says 70% of these 'so-called' economists are compulsive contrarians

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday took on the 108 economists who had questioned the credibility of official data last week. He said 70 per cent of these so-called economists are compulsive contrarians, a term he had coined to thrash opponents of the Narendra Modi government earlier. 

On a video released on micro blogging site twitter, Jaitley said when the economy is growing on various fronts, how can one argue that jobs are not being created. He reminded that 108 “so-called economists” questioned the validity of official data a few days ago. 

The finance minister said these economists are critics of the