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FM hits out at Chidambaram, says nothing to learn from those who gave NPAs

She said defence of India was paralysed and did not have equipment under the UPA

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with secretaries of her ministry at an interactive session on the Union Budget in Chennai on Saturday 	Photo: PTI
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with secretaries of her ministry. Photo: PTI

Press Trust of India New Delhi
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman on Tuesday hit back at former finance minister P Chidambaram for his 'incompetent doctors' overseeing the economy comment, saying she doesn't want to learn from those who gave "faulty remedies" and under whom FDI literally ran away and "cronies" fled the country after defaulting on bank loans.

In her usual combative style, she defended handling of the economy citing "seven specific green shoots" in rising foreign direct investment (FDI), net foreign portfolio inflows, kicking off of Rs 103 trillion infrastructure pipeline, jump in foreign exchange reserves, GST collection topping Rs 1 trillion in six months in current