After Nirmala Sitharaman’s “Typical UP-Type” Dig, Priyanka Gandhi Reacts

New Delhi: 

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has ripped into Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over her “typical UP-type” remark while countering Rahul Gandhi’s criticism of the Union Budget on Tuesday.

At the post-Budget speech media briefing, junior Finance Minister Pankaj Chaudhary asked Ms Sitharaman to respond to Rahul Gandhi’s “zero-sum Budget” comment.

“I think he has given a typical UP-type answer, which is good enough for an MP who ran away from UP,” Ms Sitharaman said, alluding to Rahul Gandhi’s loss in the 2019 national election from Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi, which used to be a Congress turf since 1980, and winning from Kerala’s Wayanad.