Jaitley hits back at Sonia over winter session in parliament, says Congress also rescheduled
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IBNS): Hitting back at Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who criticised the Modi government for delaying the winter session in the parliament, Union finance minister Arun Jaitley said the Congress also rescheduled the session in 2011, media reports said.
The heated exchange between the two senior politicians began on Monday as Sonia accused the central government of sabotaging the Winter session of the parliament on "flimsy ground".
Jaitley however said the Winter session will take place which the government is intending to postpone due to the Gujarat election on Nov. 9 and Nov .14.
The Winter session of the Parliament generally take place between the third weeks of November and December.
Sonia during her address in the Congress Working Committee (CWC) said: "The Modi-government in its arrogance has cast a dark shadow on India' Parliamentary democracy by sabotaging the Winter session of Parliament on flimsy grounds."
Refuting the comments of the Congress chief, Jaitley said: "The Congress has given the most corrupt government in its ten years of rule, while Narendra Modi has given the most honest government. By forcibly saying that a truth is a lie does not make it a lie."
"(The) timing is decided such that they do not overlap with election campaigns. (Congress) did so in 2011, and even before that," the BJP leader added.
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