New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- The political showdown over the tit-for-tit reports on the state of the economy during the NDA and UPA years is set to go up a notch on Friday, with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman set to table a motion on the 'White Paper' on the alleged fiscal mismanagement of the Congress-led coalition at the Centre for the consideration of the Lok Sabha.

On a day of hectic political developments, with the ruling Left in Kerala joining the ongoing protest in the national capital against the alleged fiscal injustice to southern states by the Centre, the Congress, on Thursday, came out with what it called a 'Black Paper' against the BJP-led NDA ahead of the latter's tabling of the promised 'white paper' on the state of the...