Growth over the last decade has been “broad-based” and the consumption gap among the rich and poor in both urban and rural India is rapidly shrinking, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman told parliament on Monday.

Supriya Sule, an ally of the Congress-led INDIA bloc, made the remarks days after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the Centre over poll rigging – a charge the Opposition has been making for many years.

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