Rajnath counters Yashwant Sinha, says Indian economy "fastest growing"

New Delhi, Sept 27: Joining issue with senior BJP leader and former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha that Indian economy has landed in a "mess", the Centre on Wednesday asserted that contrary to such critical observation, Indian economy has done well and its "credibility" is established globally. "There can be denying the fact that Indian economy is today the fastest growing economy....This is established across the world ("saari duniya mein")," Union Home Minister and former BJP chief Rajnath Singh told reporters here. Answering questions at the media briefing on Cabinet meeting, Mr Singh initially was reluctant to field the query saying interaction should be confined to the Cabinet agenda only. However, on being insisted further by journalists, he said, "As far as economy is concerned, the whole world accepts that India is world's fastest growing economy. No one should forget this" He said it ought to be admitted that "India's credibility" as a fast growing economy has been established worldwide. In an article in a section of media on Wednesday, Mr Sinha has said Indian economy has landed in a "mess" and alleged that during last three years, "Private investment has shrunk as never before in two decades, industrial production has all but collapsed, agriculture is in distress, construction industry, a big employer of the work force, is in the doldrums." UNI