On January 9, there was a pre-budget meeting which the Finance Minister of the country, Nirmala Sitharaman, seemed to have missed. Now, people can't help but wonder where shewas.
People were quick to notice the Minister of Finance missing from the budget meeting where PM Modi addressed the room with Amit Shah and other experts present. I mean, the irony cannot be missed,?
People took to Twitter to question where ¡®Nirmala Tai¡¯ was.?
¡®Finance Minister¡¯ and ¡®Nirmala Sitharaman¡¯ started trending on Twitter and even Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, pointed that Sitharaman was not in attendance.?
Among others who were present at the meeting were, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, Niti Aayog Vice Chairperson Rajiv Kumar and CEO Amitabh Kant.?
PTI reports that the meeting was held to discuss the ¡®state of the economy and steps which can be taken to revive growth which is projected to drop to an 11-year low of five percent this fiscal¡¯.
Here is how some people have reacted to FM¡¯s absence from the pre-budget meeting.?
However, ANI seemed to have already answered the much-asked question.?
While the meeting was in progress, Nirmala Sitharaman was meeting some office-bearers of the BJP party and its headquarters.?