Chidambaram's statement was in response to Modi's reported claim of economic growth rate during Vajpayee government being 8.4 per cent.
“Nothing can be further from the truth... I wonder why Shri Narendra Modi should stage a fake encounter with facts. Ultimately, facts will prevail,” the Finance Minister said.
“If there was a golden period of growth, it was the five year period under UPA-1,” he added.
Modi's claim of 8.4 pc growth during NDA regime false: FM
New Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram today charged Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi with staging a “fake encounter with facts” regarding his claims of economic growth during BJP-led NDA being 8.4 per cent and said
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