I need to speak up now; the economy is on a downward spiral: Yashwant Sinha

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said the government had failed to do a detailed analysis of the effects that demonetisation and GST would have on the economy. (Photo: PTI)/ File

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Sinha, a former finance minister in Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government who has been sidelined in the party, claimed a revival by the time of the next Lok Sabha election was "highly unlikely" and a "hard landing" appeared inevitable. Photo: PTI

Sinha, expressed his angst in an article he wrote for English Daily, Indian Express where he said, “I shall be failing in my national duty if I did not speak up even now against the mess the finance minister has made of the economy.”/ PTI

Yashwant Sinha further added saying, “I am also convinced that what I am going to say reflects the sentiments of a large number of people in the BJP and elsewhere who are not speaking up out of fear.” /PTI