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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Special Correspondent

TRS hits back at Nirmala Sitharaman, urged to check Centre’s finances

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has ridiculed the comments of Union Finance Minster Nirmala Sitharaman made on various issues during her visit to the Kamareddy district in the State on Friday.

Speaking at Nizamabad, Minister for Legislative Affairs and Roads and Buildings V. Prashanth Reddy said before point finger at Telangana which has borrowed money well within the FRBM Act limits the Union Minister should have checked the Centre’s borrowings which were much beyond what was provisioned under the Act.

By borrowing ₹93 lakh crore during the last 8 years, the Narendra Modi Goverment had taken the country’s debt to ₹155 lakh crore and it was at a whopping 62% of the country’s GDP. He stated that the BJP Government had pushed the country into a debt trap by borrowing money beyond all limits.

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