News India Xtra@newsIndiaxtraRahul Gandhi has written to IDBI Bank employees, backing their opposition to the government's plan to sell the bank.
He said public banks are tools for nation-building, asked why a profitable lender is being sold, and warned that SC, ST and OBC reservations would pass into private hands with the bank.
Some experts see Congress's economic politics taking a leftward tilt under him, while party leaders argue the BJP's rightward swing is what makes it look that way. One expert notes the party has yet to set out a clear economic policy.
