Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Pramod Tiwari on Thursday criticised the White Paper tabled by finance minister Nirmala Sitaraman in Lok Sabha
He said that it was put out by the Central government ‘in order to hide their own black (deeds)’
Tiwari said the White Paper criticising the UPA government was tabled soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised former PM Manmohan Singh as ‘the biggest economist’
“This isn’t ‘white paper’ but to hide their own black (deeds) they have brought this, he said
PM Modi himself praised the former PM Manmohan Singh as ‘the biggest economist’ but his own government is then criticising him,” Pramod Tiwari said, he added
He also took a swipe at the Centre saying it should look back at certain things like the value of the rupee in 2014 in comparison to the dollar
Notably, Modi while bidding farewell to the retiring members in Rajya Sabha on Thursday lauded the “immense contribution” of his predecessor
Manmohan Singh
In August 2023, Manmohan Singh had arrived in Rajya Sabha on a wheelchair to cast his vote on the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023