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Anand Sharma, the Congress Rajya Sabha member, said the announcements made by Finance Minister didn't add up to Rs 20 lakh crore as announced by PM Modi on May 12.

The mega economic package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 12 and subsequently explained by Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman over the past 5 days is only worth Rs 3.22 lakh crore, Congress said on Sunday.

Anand Sharma, the Congress Rajya Sabha member, said the announcements made by Finance Minister didn't add up to Rs 20 lakh crore as announced by PM Modi on May 12.

Sharma said the central government was misleading the people of the country in name of economic package. "PM must walk the talk now," he said.

"I'm questioning finance minister, disputing Prime Minister and challenging the government to disprove me on numbers," Sharma said, adding he was ready for a debate with FM.

Speaking on thousands of migrant laboiurers currently trudging on highways and availing whatever available means to return to their native states, Sharma said the goverment must apologise to poor citizens left abandoned by it, "their fundamental and legal rights violated".