Jayant Sinha takes on father Yashwant; defends Modi's economic policies

Jayant Sinha argues critics have missed the fundamental structural reforms that are transforming the economy

A day after senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha hit out at Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for creating an economic mess, his son and Union minister, Jayant Sinha, has defended the government's economic policies, stating that it is undertaking structural reforms that are "necessary to create a 'New India' and provide good jobs for our billion-strong workforce".

In a Times of India blog post, Jayant wrote that stories on the challenges faced by the Indian economy are "conclusions drawn from a narrow set of facts".

"They have simply missed the fundamental structural reforms that are transforming the economy," he said.

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