The Economic Times

Congress sold the nation, betrayed farmers: Nirmala Sitharaman slams Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman strongly defended the Union Budget in Lok Sabha. She criticized Rahul Gandhi for not reading the Budget properly. Sitharaman highlighted government allocations for AI, food security, and energy transition. She accused the Congress party of compromising farmers' interests at the WTO in 2013. The Finance Minister stated the Congress sold out farmers and the poor.