He questioned the rating agencies which were waking up when all parameters of the economy were “in the red”. Sole responsibilityMr. Sharma accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being solely responsible for creating a “mess” of the economy, and charged him with being in “arrogant denial”. He said that notwithstanding the government’s rhetoric on fighting black money, the menace had only increased. The way they are splurging money there, it is very clear it is black money,” Mr. Sharma said. Mr. Modi and all Ministers were going to camp in Gujarat for the campaign, leaving all policy decisions to bureaucrats, Mr. Sharma said.

Source: The Hindu November 25, 2017 17:03 UTC