Nirmala Sitharaman Quotes


Bofors was a scam. Rafale is not.


Citations

Deshpande, Rajeev, and Rajat Pandit. "Bofors was a scam, Rafale is not; people have had enough of muck-raking: Nirmala Sitharaman." The Times of India, Bennett, Coleman & Co., 13 Sept. 2018.

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Nirmala Sitharaman
Nirmala Sitharaman
  • Born: August 18, 1959
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Profession: Politician

Nirmala Sitharaman is an Indian politician serving as the current Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of India. She is a member of the Rajya Sabha, upper house of the Indian Parliament, since 2014. Sitharaman formerly served as the Defence Minister of India, thereby becoming India's second female defence minister and also the second female finance minister after Indira Gandhi and first full-time female Finance Minister. She has served as the Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs under the Ministry of Finance and the Minister for Commerce and Industry with independent charge. Prior to that, she served as a national spokesperson for the Bharatiya Janata Party.