FM must get over politicking about economy and acknowledge 'slowdown': Priyanka

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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday attacked Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for not acknowledging that there was a "slowdown", saying she needs to get over "politicking" about the state of the economy and come clean with the people of India.

Priyanka Gandhi's attack came after Sitharaman, when asked by reporters as to whether there was any slowdown in the economy, said the government was responding to it sectorally, based on their requirement.

"Every sector of the Indian economy, when it approaches us, we hear them out for solutions that they want and we respond to it," Sitharaman said.

Hitting out at Sitharaman, Priyanka Gandhi, in a tweet, said: "Does the government accept that there is a slowdown or not? The FM needs to get over politicking about the state of our economy and come clean with the people of India."