Nirmala Sitharaman slams Chidambaram for his comments on Rs 2,000 currency note withdrawal

Mumbai: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday criticised Congress leader P Chidambaram over his comments on the withdrawal of the Rs 2,000 currency note and said to cast aspersions on matters of this nature “does not augur well with the former finance minister”.

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Reserve Bank of India has already explained the rationale behind the decision, she said.

The Union minister was speaking to reporters here as a part of press conferences being held by Union ministers in different parts of the country on the completion of nine years of the Narendra Modi governm