Taking on former Finance Minister P Chidambaram of absolving himself of Mallya allegation saying he was not holding the office in 2009, Sitharaman said UPA is duty bound to answer.
“He was not there then who was…UPA is duty bound to answer,” she said.
On the Congress claim for putting up framework for detecting suspicious transactions, she said but how did they fail to detect suspicious huge transaction in case of 2G case.
Brushing asides claims of Congress that exports are declining, she said economy is definitely going on fine and outward shipment in December has seen an increase of 7.8 per cent in rupee terms.
Asked if the Budget session is going to be stormy, she said “stormy we don’t mind we will answer the question we will engage in debate.”
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