 "P Chidambaram (Photo: ANI)")
A day before the release of the official account on the state of the economy, the Economic Survey, the Congress party tore apart the government for hiding behind the dazzle of the GDP number, and ignoring key metrics such as jobs and investment.
It released its own detailed report titled 'The Real State of Economy 2017', fielding its two most senior leaders in these matters, Manmohan Singh and P Chidambaram. Introducing the report, which he claimed was "closer to the truth that what I believe the government will say tomorrow", Chidambaram launched a broadside on the performance of the economy under
