New Delhi: In a warning to the government in order to save their face, former finance minister and BJP stalwart Yashwant Sinha on Saturday said in a media briefing that those in power were making "weird" statements. "Bihar's finance minister (Sushil Modi) said there is recession due to Sawan-Bhado (the rainy season). A Union minister (Piyush Goyal) is talking about Einstein's law of gravity.People in the government are making weird statements. These statements will not lead to betterment of economy. But they will definitely affect the government's image," he said.

The former union minister also questioned Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's claim that surge in app-based taxis affected the automobile sector, asking why the sales of trucks should slump too. Reacting on Sitharaman's statement where she stated people using app-based cab services instead of buying car as one of the causes for the decline in the automobile sector, Sinha asked, "If companies like Ola and Uber caused a drop in passenger vehicle sales, then why there is a slowdown in sales of two-wheelers and trucks?" He also questioned Sitharaman's announcement to organize a mega-shopping festival in India on the lines of Dubai Shopping Festival to boost exports, PTI reported.