New Delhi, Aug. 2 -- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday slammed the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over the remarks he made about the late Union Minister Arun Jaitley and said that such "irresponsible" remarks only hurt the Congress.

Finance Minister responded to Rahul Gandhi's remarks, as the latter claimed that Arun Jaitley was sent by the Modi government to "threaten" him for trying to fight against the farm laws.

In a post on X, Sitharaman said, "If irresponsibility has a face, it is Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in LS. To throw baseless allegations at people in public life, even those who are no longer with us, is becoming a personality trait for him. His remarks on the late Shri. Arun Jaitle...