PM Meets Top Economists Before Budget, People Want To Know Where Finance Minister Is
On January 9 there was a pre-budget meeting which the Finance Minister of the country Nirmala Sitharaman seemed to have missed. 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.
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 she was.
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,
ANI
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.
Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets top economists of the country, at Niti Aayog, ahead of the Union Budget. Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Ministers Piyush Goyal and Nitin Gadkari also present pic.twitter.com/fFqqTRqmtQ
¡ª ANI (@ANI) January 9, 2020
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.
The Prime Minister, Home Minister, Railways & Transport Minister are in a meeting with economists at Niti Aayog.
¡ª Punster? (@Pun_Starr) January 9, 2020
Stragely, the only one missing from this crucial Budget meeting is the Finance Minister.
Home minister is attending budget meeting in Niti Aayog.
¡ª IRONY MAN (@karanku100) January 9, 2020
Finance minister is defending govt on Kashmir in Press conference.
Foreign minister is giving moral lecture to JNU students.
And PM is busy watching eclipse with Maybach sunglasses.
God bless this country ?
Troll me but I'm going to say it. Nitin Gadkari is the best Finance Minister, India never had. He's a workhorse.
¡ª SLICKENTEUR (@slickenteur) January 9, 2020
Beginning to feel like Finance Minister¡¯s job is stitching that cloth bag to carry the budget papers https://t.co/KnJmbw9Ki3
¡ª Veena Venugopal (@veenavenugopal) January 9, 2020
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't see the FINANCE Minister in this meeting of PM & Cabinet Ministers with economists ahead of the Union Budget. Can anyone see her?
¡ª Michelle V. (@VMimi09) January 9, 2020
Shdn't FM be part of budget talks or is she there only to read out what's told to her? https://t.co/mWuJ5vLfUu
Patriarchy at the highest level of decision making
¡ª LOKAYAT (@lokayat) January 9, 2020
Finance Minister is missing in a meeting with economists
She will be given the budget to read out, No role in making
This is how Modi and Shah respects women. The women representaion in the govt. is meaningless#SaveIndianEconomy
Modiji meets top Economists - Female Finance Minister is missing.
¡ª SS Kim (@KimHaokipINC) January 9, 2020
Modiji meets top Corporates ¡°to revive Indian Economy¡± -Female Finance Minister is missing!
Why?
Modiji himself ruined Indian Economy!
Now who will #SaveIndianEconomy? pic.twitter.com/edILdmKUTv
An economic meeting with no finance minister in it @nsitharaman
¡ª ?? ?????_??? (@khan_sajid009) January 9, 2020
BJP is truly creating history..??¡á pic.twitter.com/VxO33ZYBle
Good that @narendramodi govt
¡ª Ranganatha (@rlranganatha) January 9, 2020
has acknowledged the slowdown of #economy.Seems like it has resolved to uplift it.Meeting on economic-policy making leaving Finance Minister @nsitharaman is shocking.#Y is it so ?. It Says smth. @piyush9392 understandable. @AmitShah,@nitin_gadkari? https://t.co/j7ZEK7l0gJ
However, ANI seemed to have already answered the much-asked question.
Smt @nsitharaman interacts with the office-bearers, panelists, spokespersons, and members of the morchas and departments of @BJP4India in New Delhi, as a part of the pre-budget discussions. pic.twitter.com/9wkB8fOFFh
¡ª NSitharamanOffice (@nsitharamanoffc) January 9, 2020
While the meeting was in progress, Nirmala Sitharaman was meeting some office-bearers of the BJP party and its headquarters.
