40 Months in Power, Stop Blaming Earlier Government: Yashwant Sinha

The morning after his extreme indictment of the government's role in the economic slowdown, veteran BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said "I stand by my analysis." Mr Sinha, a former finance minister, said "short-sighted" decisions are being rushed by the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that there is no denying that the economy has hit a rough spot. "We used to blame the UPA (previous government for policy paralysis," he said, "after 40 months in power, we can't (still) blame the earlier government," he told news agency ANI.