BJP leadership declared all leaders above 75 as ‘brain dead’: Yashwant Sinha

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In another potshot at the government’s flagship ‘Make in India’ campaign, Sinha said, “Unless you Make India, Make in India cannot happen.” Our energy should be first focused on making the country a better place and all the other things will fall in place, he said.

“As the finance minister I was laughed at when we went ahead to build national highways and roads. We did not have the equipment and I helped to reduce the import duties on the equipment required to build these highways and roads. Once I reduced the duties, we are today making these machineries. I strongly believe unless we Make India, Make in India cannot happen.”

Sinha, who had criticised PM Narendra Modi in the past, was denied a ticket in the Lok Sabha elections. However, his son Jayant Sinha was elected to the Lok Sabha and later became the Minister of State for Finance.