News X: Fact vs Fact slugfest between Congress and BJP over performance and growth rate

NEW DELHI: A political slugfest broke out on Monday between BJP and Congress after finance minister P Chidambaram hit out at Narendra Modi accusing him of "staging a fake encounter with facts", drawing a sharp response from the opposition party. In a no-holds bar attack, Chidambaram rebuffed the BJP prime ministerial candidate's claim of pegging economic growth rate during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government at 8.4 per cent. "Nothing can be further from the truth ... I wonder why Shri Narendra modi should stage a fake encounter with facts. Ultimately, facts will prevail," the finance minister said. BJP quickly came out all guns blazing against Chidambaram with senior leader Yashwant Sinha accusing the finance minister of indulging in "statistical jugglery" about growth figures and "terrorism with facts" by making unfair comparisons of the UPA's nine years of rule with the NDA government's achievements in five years.

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