Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman invoked the mismanagement of the economy by the UPA following the global financial crisis of 2008 to draw a contrast with the government’s deft management of the ‘once in a century’ situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic, in her response to the debate on the Union Budget for 2022-23 in the Lok Sabha.
Responding to Opposition jibes about the next 25 years of Amrit Kaal leading up to India’s 100 years of Independence, as mentioned in the Budget, Ms. Sitharaman said that the ‘Andh Kaal’ (era of darkness) referred to by a member actually occurred due to the Congress.
