RBI transfer: FM protests Rahul's 'band aid for gunshot wound' barb

Rahul Gandhi accuses Centre of stealing from central bank, FM hits back

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday reacted strongly to the Congress’s allegation that the government was stealing the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) reserves. She said former Congress president Rahul Gandhi should have spoken to the leaders of his party who have earlier served as finance ministers before hurling such charges.
 
The RBI central board on Monday decided to transfer Rs 1.76 trillion to the central government. Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday hit out at the government over the record transfer. He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Sitharaman were “clueless” about solving the “self-created economic disaster”. He