Udan scheme: Govt calls it a success; Chidambaram says 'claims hollow, untrue'

Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday hit back at senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram after the latter took a dig at the BJP government over airports built by the ruling dispensation. Reacting to a tweet by the Congress leader, Scindia said: ".... fact checking is not the current Congress' strong suit. Desperation for survival and relevance have hit senior discerning leaders such as yourself (Chidambaram). Please do not perpetuate half-baked truths." Congress leader in a tweet had said: "The claims of the government that they had built 74 airports in the last 7 years are hollow and untrue. Only 11 new airports were built since May 2014 and which are operational..."