Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday hit out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for giving a “perverse twist” to the talk on freebies, saying the AAP chief’s feedback are an try and create fears within the minds of the poor.
A day after Kejriwal joined the talk on freebies calling for a referendum on spending taxpayers’ cash on healthcare and training, Sitharaman mentioned that spending on these two has by no means been referred to as or categorised as freebies since Independence and to tug them now into the talk is to provide a perverse twist.
“Delhi Chief Minister has given perverse twist to the talk on freebies. Health and training have by no means been referred to as freebies,” she informed reporters right here.
“No Indian authorities has ever denied them since Independence. So, by classifying training and well being as freebies, Kerjiwal is attempting to usher in a way of fear and concern in minds of poor,” she mentioned.
In latest days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hit out aggressive populism of extending “rewaris” (freebies) which aren’t simply wastage of taxpayers’ cash but additionally an financial catastrophe that might hamper India’s drive to turn into Aatmanirbhar (self-reliant).
His feedback had been seen directed at events like AAP which have within the run-up to meeting elections in states like Punjab promised free electrical energy and water, amongst different issues.
Sitharaman mentioned there must be a real debate on the problem and everybody ought to take part in it.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
