FM called 1991 reforms 'half-baked’, 'master chef' Gadkari baked it fully by hailing Manmohan: Cong
09-Nov-2022
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New Delhi, Nov 9 (PTI) The Congress on Wednesday took a swipe at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for her remarks a few weeks ago calling the 1991 reforms "half-baked", and said "master chef" Nitin Gadkari has baked it fully and well by paying fulsome tributes to former prime minister Manmohan Singh.
Union Minister Gadkari had on Tuesday said the country is indebted to former prime minister Singh for the economic reforms of 1991 started by him as the finance minister.
Speaking in September at an event, Sitharaman had said that the 1991 economic reforms undertaken by the then Congress government were "aadhe-adhure reforms" (half-baked reforms), where the economy was not opened in the right way but as per the strictures imposed by the IMF.
