After Father Yashwant’s Tirade, Son Jayant Defends Govt Policies

Sinha has disputed his father and former FM Yashwant Sinha’s contentions on the state of India’s economy.

Union minister Jayant Sinha on Thursday rejected suggestions that he wrote an article for the Times of India disputing his father and former finance minister Yashwant Sinha's contentions on the state of India's economy at anybody's bidding, insisting it was “absolutely out of his own conscience".

Sinha Sr kicked up a storm by criticising Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for the economic “mess” in the country in his column.

Jayant offered a stout defence of the government's economic policies saying the economy is shifting gears, and that it has slowed down a little bit so it can accelerate further.

Unfortunately, these articles draw sweeping conclusions from a narrow set of facts, and quite simply miss the fundamental structural reforms that are transforming the economy.

Jayant Sinha’s blog in TOI