West Bengal Assembly polls: Priyanka Gandhi, Trinamool's Derek O'Brien Mock Nirmala Sitharaman's Interest Rate U-Turn
Priyanka Gandhi hinted that Nirmala Sitharaman's U-turn was influenced by the ongoing polls. New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi today asked Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman if the Centre's overnight flip-flop on small savings scheme interest rates was a case of "oversight" as claimed or one of election-driven "hindsight". She tweeted shortly after the latter posted on the microblogging site early this morning withdrawing the steep cuts in rates announced yesterday, the last day of Financial Year 2020-2021. The Trinamool Congress, battling the BJP furiously in West Bengal, also moc...