Delivering the first Atal Bihari Vajpayee Memorial Lecture at the India Ideas Conclave in New Delhi he asked whether Indira Gandhi or Rajiv Gandhi have ever gone to a congregation where 'Bharat ke tukde honge' slogan was raised.
Jaitley further said that in mature democracies those who rely on falsehood are considered unfit for public life.
What Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said about 'not meeting' Vijay Mallya is untrue: Congress President Rahul Gandhi
“Since 2014, I have never given him any appointment to meet me and the question of his having met me does not arise,” Finance Minister Jaitley said in a Facebook post.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday denied fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya’s claim that he met the minister before leaving India.
Arun Jaitley resumes charge as finance minister. He is back after 3-month break from surgery
Arun Jaitley to resume charge as finance minister after surgery break
Speaking to the media, Goyal said India has already picked up almost 28 per cent - or $1.4 billion - AIIB's total lending’s, for seven projects in the country.
Taking a dig at the critics of the government, Jaitley said that India's GDP has not declined by 2 per cent on account of demonetization and GST implementation, nor will it India live in poverty as predicted by the former finance minister.
To pay for seeming bout of generosity towards poor, albeit with vote-banks in mind, the finance minister has mopped up huge sums through three or four simple steps, mostly aimed at the middle class.
Congratulating Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and his team, Modi said farmers, Dalits and tribal communities will gain from the budget.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today presented the Union Budget 2018-19 – Modi government’s last full-fledged budget ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
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