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BJP leader Subramanian Swamy believes he will be a better Finance Minister than Jaitley

Swamy was replying to a query on whether he will make a better Finance Minister than Jaitley at the India Today Mind Rocks Summit.

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha member Subramanian Swamy speaks at the release of a book titled “Guide to Concept of GST” by  Ajay Jagga at a function in New Delhi on Monday. PTI Photo by Subhav Shukla  (PTI9_5_2016_000117A) Swamy was replying to a query on whether he will make a better Finance Minister than Jaitley at the India Today Mind Rocks Summit. PTI Photo

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy believes he will be a better Finance Minister than the incumbent Arun Jaitley. “I am an economist. He is a lawyer. How can he be better than me?” Swamy, whose antagonism for Jaitley is open, said at an event on Saturday.

Swamy was replying to a query on whether he will make a better Finance Minister than Jaitley at the India Today Mind Rocks Summit.

Swamy’s relentless criticism of former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan was also seen as indirect attack on Jaitley.

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The reply came following AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi’s comment that inflation would have been in check had Swamy been the Finance Minister.

“There has been a fight between southern Brahmins and northern Brahmins for long,” Swamy later quipped.

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On being asked by the moderator whether BJP has imposed a gag on him, Swamy took again a jibe at Jaitley, saying, “There is no gag order on me. Your problem is that you talk to Jaitley a lot.”

First uploaded on: 17-09-2016 at 18:59 IST
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