During the general discussion in Lok Sabha on Saturday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi did not apprise the House about why his government did not waive farm loans in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh, as promised in their manifesto.

“I wanted to know from the Congress why it took a U-turn on the farm laws but no reply came,” PTI quoted Sitharaman as saying.

Gandhi did not discuss about the farmers’ issue in Punjab, where Congress is in power and the steps being taken by the government with regard to stubble burning. He did not refer to any clause in three agri bills which was against the farmers, she said.

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Sitharaman said she was anticipating that he would announce that Punjab has withdrawn Rs 5 lakh penal provision from its contract farming laws but this announcement did not happen.

Gandhi did not utter a word about the statement of former prime minister Manmohan Singh who had advocated reform of the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC), said the Finance Minister.

Accusing the former chief of Congress party of affronting the constitutional authorities, she reminisced the incident when the Congress leader tore an ordinance implemented by its own government led by the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

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“Continuously he created fake narratives… Gandhi said so many people will die due to COVID-19… I will constantly say things which will demean India, which will show India in a poor light… and insult India. When there was a crisis on the border, instead of talking to us, they were talking to the (Chinese) Embassy and inquiring about the border,” she said.

‘On Thursday, during the general debate on Budget, Gandhi used Hum Do Hamare Do’ expression in his speech, indicating that only four persons are ruling this country, including two business houses.

“He is probably becoming a doomsday man for India,” the Finance Minister retorted and said this expression fits on the Gandhi family.

 Gandhi laid the “foundation” but did not talk about the Budget during the debate on it, she further said.

“We need to recognise these two tendencies of the Congress party. One is creating fake narratives and second, lack of belief in a democratically elected Parliamentary system. In banks, you did phone banking and left huge NPAs. This is one tendency, create institutions and use them for ‘Hum Do Hamare Do’ and at the end of the day keep accusing others,” she added.