All the PM's men

August 05, 2014 18:36

And some bytes about Modi's mantris and otherwise.

Nirmala Sitaraman, Commerce Minister, read out the government's stance on WTO in English in Parliament today. Soon enough, there were murmurs of dissatisfaction from many BJP MPs who did not understand the language. On realising this, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley came to her rescue and gave a gist in Hindi. Ironically, it's always Sushma Swaraj who speaks in chaste Hindi in Parliament, while Jaitley uses English as well as Hindi.

BJP president Amit Shah did not turn up for the weekly meeting of the BJP Parliamentary Party meet today at the Central Hall of Parliament. Last week, though, he was present to ensure there was a proper connect between the party and the government.

Home minister Rajnath Singh does not sit at the podium in the Central Hall with Narendra Modi and Venkaiah Naidu since he is no longer party president.

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