On Oct. 4, Modi used a speech to mount a vociferous defense of the government's economic record. He wrote that he considered it his "national duty" to speak out against "the mess the finance minister has made of the economy." "That doesn't work, as far as the finance ministry is concerned. "Jaitley has since defended the government's economic record, saying he didn't have the "luxury as yet of being a former finance minister. "A finance ministry spokesman didn't answer calls on his mobile phone.

Source: Economic Times October 06, 2017 04:34 UTC