Mumbai, Aug. 31 -- Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday said that India's strong economic performance has once again disproved the "negative thinking" of Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, asserting that the country is on course to emerge as the world's third-largest economy by 2027.

Goyal's response came after a report by Union Bank of India (UBI) mentioned that India's GDP for the first quarter of financial year 2026 is expected to clock a growth rate of 7 per cent, up from 6.5 per cent in the first quarter of financial year 2025 (Q1 FY25).

"I think that once again the negative thinking of leaders like Rahul Gandhi has been proved wrong by India. Rahul Gandhi says that India's economy is a dead economy, and the hardworki...