A post is being shared on social media with a claim that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman commented – “My family buys groceries and other things with Indian rupees, we don’t use US dollars. Why should we be concerned about dollar value then?”. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman commented – “My family buys groceries and other things with Indian rupees, we do not use US dollars. Why should we be concerned about dollar value then?”
Fact: No such comments have been made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The picture in the post was taken from her speech in Lok Sabha on 04 December 2019. She did not make such statements in Lok Sabha on that day. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When we searched on the internet if Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made such comments, no relevant sources were found. If she had made such statements, all reputed news agencies would have reported about it. But we found no such reports.
The picture in the post was taken from her speech in Lok Sabha on 04 December 2019. The ‘Text of Debate’ of that day can be read here. She did not make such statements in Lok Sabha on that day. It was on that day Nirmala Sitharaman said that she doesn’t eat much onion.
Also, the Press Information Bureau has clarified – “No such Statement has been given by the Finance Minister”.
To sum it up, FM Nirmala Sitharaman did not say, “My family buys with Indian rupees. We do not use US dollars. Why should we worry about Rupee vs Dollar?”.
