Congress Leader hit out at FM Sitharaman Via Twitter!
On Tuesday, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hit out at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman after she described an answer as "UP type" during a press conference briefing after the presentation of Union Budget 2022. The budget was out on February 1 (yesterday).
During the briefing when asked about Rahul Gandhi's 'zero-sum' comment on the budget, the Finance Minister had paved the way for Minister of State of Finance Pankaj Chaudhary to respond.
Chaudhary referring to the reporter had said, "You say that Rahul Gandhi did not understand the budget, it is actually true. Nirmala Sitharaman Ji will answer hereafter, all I got to say is that the Budget is going to reap benefits to all, and the same will be evident in some time."
According to the tweet, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Twitter, "You did not put anything for UP in the bag of Budget...but what was the need to insult people of UP in this manner?'' "Understand, the people of UP are proud to be 'UP-type'.
We are proud of the language, dialect, culture, and history of UP," the Congress general secretary in-charge UP said in a tweet in Hindi, using the hashtag "UP Mera Abhiman (UP my pride)".
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala accused the finance minister of insulting the people of Uttar Pradesh with her "UP-type" remark that made light of them. Nirmala Sitharaman has insulted the 25crore people of Uttar Pradesh and made fun of them with her 'typical UP-type' comment.
This is a big insult to the 25crore people of Uttar Pradesh. Modi Ji and Nirmala Sitharaman should immediately apologise to the people of Uttar Pradesh.
This statement comes ahead of the Uttar Pradesh elections. The elections will be held from February 10 and in seven Phases. The counting of votes will be made on March 10.
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