'Why ask me?': Priyanka Vadra on rupee; brings up PM Modi's past remark on Manmohan Singh

NEW DELHI: Asked to remark connected the rupee breaching the 90 people against the US dollar for the archetypal time, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra connected Thursday recalled Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2013 jibe astatine his predecessor, then–PM Manmohan Singh, and told reporters that the question should beryllium directed to the premier minister, not her.Also Read | 'Who is mute & maun now?': Opposition hits retired astatine PM Modi arsenic rupee breaches Rs 90 people against dollar“What did they usage to accidental erstwhile Dr Manmohan Singh was premier minister? What is their effect today? Ask them. Why are you asking me?” she said astatine Parliament complex.

On August 24, 2013, Modi — past the Gujarat main curate — had attacked the then–PM implicit the falling rupee, saying some Singh and the home currency had go “mute.”“There was a clip erstwhile the Indian rupee was making a batch of noise. But contiguous it has mislaid its voice.

And similarly, we are incapable to perceive the dependable of our premier minister. Both person turned mute,” helium had said astatine the time.“Today, our currency is connected its deathbed. It is successful the terminal signifier and urgently needs the attraction of a doctor,” helium had remarked.On Wednesday, arsenic the rupee breached the 90 level against the dollar, the absorption reminded PM Modi of his past remarks targeting Singh implicit the currency’s slide.Meanwhile, successful aboriginal commercialized connected Thursday, the rupee slid different 28 paise to a caller all-time debased of 90.43 against the US dollar.

'Govt not losing sleep': CEA NageswaranChief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran connected Wednesday said the authorities is “not losing sleep” implicit the rupee’s decline.“The falling rupee is not affecting ostentation oregon exports,” Nageswaran told reporters connected the sidelines of a concern lawsuit successful the capital, according to quality bureau PTI.However, helium expressed anticipation that the concern would amended adjacent year.