Tamil Nadu - Chennai

Jayalalithaa seeks white paper on management of national economy

Jayalalithaa

CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa on Monday urged the Union Government to come out with a comprehensive white paper on the management of the national economy.

In a statement here she said the government should explain why the Government could not foresee the global meltdown and why the Indian establishment could not provide the necessary corrective steps to counter these developments.

“Why both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P.Chidambaram repeatedly wanted integration of the Indian economy with the global economy when the global economy itself was in an extreme state of imbalance, and why the UPA government was obsessed with the Stock markets?” she asked.

Ms Jayalalithaa alleged that that the situation today was such that the nation had lost faith in the overall economic management of the UPA government and Mr Chidambaram continued to be obsessed with the stock markets. Stating that the economic mismanagement of the country must worry every single individual concerned about the nation, she said this mismanagement was part of a grand global design by external forces to destabilise the Indian economy and leave a pauperised treasury to the next government.

“The UPA government has sadly fallen prey to the machinations of these external forces. Unfortunately, large sections of the media, intellectuals, business houses, professionals and of course political parties have remained silent on these vital issues. It is now time for such people to speak up,” she said.

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