New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- In an apparent jibe at Congress MP Sonia Gandhi, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her reply to the debate on 'White Paper' in the Lok Sabha, targeted the chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) stating that Sonia Gandhi acted like 'super' Prime Minister and said that 'Ghotala-driven' government mismanaged the economy the government.

"The centre point of the 'Ghotala-driven' government and mismanagement of the economy lies in the issue of leadership. Sonia Gandhiji was the 'super' Prime Minister as the chairperson of the advisory council and an extra-constitutional and unaccountable person," Sitharaman said.

"It was an unaccountable and unanswerable power. Due to this, the scams took pace. I...