Arun Jaitley said that opposition leaders who are making statements and raising doubts about Indian Air Force's preemptive strike against JeM terror camps may be garnering TRPs for Pak media channels but will have to face nation's wrath domestically.
Giving the possible reasons of why Pak Army chose to break the news of IAF strike on its soil, Union Minister Arun Jaitley said they were possibly trying to twist the narrative and avoid international scrutiny of destroyed terror camps.
Speaking to India TV's Editor-in-chief Rajat Sharma, Jaitley said, "there was no question of talks with Pakistan unless it takes decisive action against terror outfits on its soil."
Speaking to India TV's Editor-in-chief Rajat Sharma, Jaitley said, "there was no question of talks with Pakistan unless it takes decisive action against terror outfits on its soil. "
"I think Pakistani channels will give them TRPs and in India they will bear the brunt of people's anger," the Union minister said.
Union ministers Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Nitin Gadkari Friday laid the foundation stones for two high-speed highway corridors -- Rs 90,000 crore Delhi-Mumbai Expressway and Rs 9,000 crore Dwarka Expressway here.
"Income Tax Exemption for Gratuity under Section 10(10)(iii) of the Income Tax Act has been enhanced to Rs 20 lakh. Would benefit all PSU employees and other employees not covered by Payment of Gratuity Act," Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in a tweet.
Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said "compulsive contrarians discovered a new Balakote" which lies within Indian territory and without checking facts referred to it as the target of the Indian Air Force when it struck the Jaish-e-Mohammed terorist camp in Balakot in Pakistan's Khyber Paktunkhwa province.
Referring to the US operation in Abbotabad, Jaitley said, "Cannot we do it? This used to be only an imagination, a wish. There was frustration and disappointment. It is possible today."
Pulwama Terror Attack: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that India will act in a decisive against Pakistan because it was "not willing to give up its traditional role in our neighbourhood as a rogue state."
India will exercise all options, diplomatic or otherwise, to win a decisive battle against Pakistan which is responsible for Pulwama terror attack, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday.
As many as 40 personnel were killed on February 14, when a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a CRPF convoy on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Pulwama.
As an interim dividend for 2018-19, based on the financial position of the central bank, the government expects Rs 28,000 crore from the RBI. In 2017-18, the RBI had paid an interim dividend of Rs 10,000 crore to the Centre.
Last financial year, the RBI had paid an interim dividend of Rs 10,000 crore to the Centre.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley also said that the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) will take all the necessary steps to isolate Pakistan completely in the international community.
During Arun Jaitley's absence, the charge of the Finance Ministry and Corporate Affairs was given to Piyush Goyal on a temporary basis.
"The lies of 'Mahajhootbandhan' stand exposed by the CAG Report. How does democracy punish those who consistently lied to the nation?," questioned Arun Jaitley in a tweet.
The CAG report claimed that the deal negotiated by the NDA in 2016 was 2.86 per cent cheaper than what was negotiated by the UPA in 2007.
Stating that the contagion effect of falsehood is fairly large, Jaitley said the lies spread by the Congress have spread to other colleagues in the "Mahajhootbandhan".
Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal had earlier said that Mehrishi was the finance secretary from October 24, 2014 to August 30, 2015 and in between Prime Minister Narendra Modi went to Paris on April 10, 2015 and announced the signing of the Rafale deal.
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