“I must confess to you that at times the BJP [Bharatiya Janata Party] is misunderstood, misreported and statements are quoted out of context,” says India’s new finance minister Yashwant Sinha.
This is Sinha’s comment on BJP president Kushabhau Thakre’s observation that India should leave the World Trade Organization. Sinha says it was a misquote on the part of the Indian press. “He contradicted that statement the next day.”
Sinha talked to Euromoney on his and his party’s 100th day of government.
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