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FM Nirmala Sitharaman's 'dramebaazi' jibe at Rahul Gandhi irks Congress

Gandhi had interacted with some migrant workers returning home at Delhi's Sukhdev Vihar on Saturday

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The Congress, however, welcomed the additional budgetary allocation of Rs 40,000 crore for MNREGA

Archis Mohan New Delhi
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday described Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s meeting migrant workers as “dramebaazi”, or charade.

Gandhi had interacted with some migrant workers returning home at Delhi’s Sukhdev Vihar on Saturday. While the Congress termed the FM’s comments “frivolous”, it arranged buses for migrants headed for Uttar Pradesh, and complained the UP government did not allow these to cross its borders. The Congress also opposed the government plan to privatise public sector enterprises (PSEs).

Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma said the so-called economic package was only worth Rs 3.22 trillion, and a mere 1.6 per cent of the GDP,

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