New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday took a swipe at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over her absence at a pre-budget meeting with economists and experts at the Niti Aayog here, which was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"Here's a suggestion, next budget meeting, consider inviting the Finance Minister," the Congress said on its official Twitter handle, using the hashtag "FindingNirmala".
"How many men does it take to do a woman's job," the opposition party said in another tweet, using the same hashtag.
Incidentally, while Sitharaman was absent, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar were present.
The Congress tagged a tweet of the BJP saying the finance ministry has invited suggestions for the Union Budget 2020-21.
"Citizens from all walks of life are welcome to be a part of this exercise," the tweet on the BJP handle said.
Sitharaman was not present as Modi met economists, private equity and venture capitalists, business leaders and agricultural experts and called for focused efforts from all stakeholders to achieve the target of nearly doubling the size of the Indian economy to $5-trillion by 2024.
BJP sources said Sitharaman was holding pre-budget meetings with party workers at party headquarters at the time.
BJP Hits Back
Hitting back at the Congress for its dig at Sitharaman, the BJP accused it of making the "worst kind of sexist remarks".
Terming the comment as absolutely unnecessary in a civilised society, senior BJP leader and Union minister Prakash Javadekar sought an apology from the opposition party.
Javadekar said the Congress is headed by a woman (Sonia Gandhi) and asked if she agrees with her party's view on Sitharaman.
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