Quick to hug PM Modi but runs away from IT officer: Smriti Irani attacks Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi: Union Cabinet Minister of Textiles Smriti Irani on Tuesday attacked Congress President Rahul Gandhi after former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan's remarks on increase in NPA.

She said that Gandhi paid Rs 50 lakh through which not-for-profit organisation Young Indian (YI) obtained the right to recover Rs 90.25 crore that the Associated Journals Ltd (AJL) owed to the Congress.

"Why is it that Rahul Gandhi who is too quick to hug Prime Minister, would run a mile away when it comes to an Income Tax officer", added the BJP leader.