UP, 2/2: A row has erupted over Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s “UP-type” remark, with Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra saying on Wednesday that people of Uttar Pradesh are proud of their dialect and culture and that there was no need to “insult” the people of the state.
Sitharaman’s remarks had come after Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, who is also an MP from Uttar Pradesh, said on Tuesday that Rahul Gandhi did not understand the Budget. Chaudhary had said, “Probably, Rahul Gandhi did not understand the budget, which is futuristic”.
Reacting to Chaudhary’s remarks on Rahul Gandhi, Sitharaman had said, “I think he (Chaudhary) has given that typical UP-type of an answer which is good enough for an MP who ran away from UP.”
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