Jayant Sinha to be in on meetings with Merkel

October 05, 2015 14:19

With Finance Minister Arun Jaitley away in USA for World Bank meetings and Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Turkey, the PMO has picked MoS for finance Jayant Sinha for all the discussions with visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Sinha will thus be present along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the crucial deliberations with the German chancellor.

This is how Modi empowers junior ministers, something missing during UPA rule, commented a senior BJP leader at this development.

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