Country being misled with fake economic data: Yashwant Sinha

October 09, 2018 22:04

Former union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said the country has been "misled" through "fake and bogus economic data" and attacked the Central government over weakening of rupee against the US dollar.

He also contested the Central government's claim on the growth of the economy under the BJP rule.

The former BJP leader said investors have withdrawn

lakhs of crores of rupees (from markets), which is a matter of

concern.

"When rupee fell in 2013, current prime minister (Narendra Modi) said aloud that the rupee has gone into ICU. Today, they are not saying a word when the rupee is going to touch 75 (against the US dollar)," Sinha said.

He was addressing a gathering of the Gujarat chapter

of Rashtra Manch, a political action group.

BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha, Samajwadi Party spokesperson

Ghanshyam Tiwari and former Gujarat chief minister Suresh

Mehta also spoke on the occasion.

"They (the government) are giving fake (economic) data and the country is being misled on the basis of bogus data. Because, if the country is growing at the rate of 8 per cent, as per government's claim, then why is rupee so weak?" Sinha asked.

Blaming the Centre's claim on the GDP growth, the former BJP leader said the economic data is being played upon.

"There is a new trend of 'shoot the messenger'," he said while attacking the NDA government over its economic policies.

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