Health and education have never been called freebies: FM Sitharaman

Delhi Chief Minister has given a perverse twist to the debate on freebies, says FM

Health and education are the main principles of a welfare state and no government in India ever denied them, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday.

Her comments came against the backdrop of an ongoing hearing in the Supreme Court on the issue of populist schemes, or “freebies”, and a charge by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal that the central government was opposing free health care and education.
 

“Delhi Chief Minister has given a perverse twist to the debate on freebies. Health and education have never been called freebies. No Indian government has ever denied them. So, classifying education