Rahul Gandhi attacks Arun Jaitley over GDP growth

Hitting out at Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for his projection of massive GDP growth on Tuesday, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter and taunted that the growth was a mockery in striking Star Wars mode. Gandhi took to Twitter and said,''Dear Mr. Jaitley, May the Farce be with you.''

Earlier on Tuesday, Arun Jaitley stated that India has been the fastest growing major economy for the last three years and that the attempt is to maintain high growth rate in coming years.

Jaitley presented an optimistic picture of the state of the economy, insisting that the Indian economy remains on a strong wicket with sound macro-economic fundamentals. Jaitley said the government has decided on the steps necessary to sustain growth momentum.

Stressing on the need to increase public investment, the Finance Minister said that the public sector banks have an adequate lending capacity after demonetization.