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Wednesday, October 17th, 2018

 

‘Clown prince’ Vs ‘court jester’: Bitter Cong-BJP battle over Rafale deal

rahul gandhi and arun jaitley

The bitter war between the Congress and the BJP over Rafale deal on Tuesday saw more name-calling with the opposition party dubbing Finance Minister Arun Jaitley a “babble blogger” and dismissing his “clown prince out-clowning himself” barb at Rahul Gandhi as “hollow rants of a court jester”. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala attacked Jaitley Accusing him of “banging” the economy by his “incomprehension”. Taking to Twitter, he said the country needed a finance minister. And, not a “babble-blogger”. “Hollow rants of a Court Jester’ – Mr Jait-Lie’ won’t change theRead More