Happy to have a competent successor: Jaitley on new defence minister

September 03, 2017 15:12

Arun Jaitley seems to be a happy man. After being released of the defence portfolio, the finance minister said that he was happy with the decision of making Nirmala Sitharaman the next defence minister.

"It was a great experience. Not possible to continue indefinitely in two ministries. Happy to have a competent successor," he said.

"Now, we have two competent women in the Cabinet, which is not just great for the women of this country, but also for the nation. Our external affairs minister is a lady, our defence minister is a woman too."

"Performance is the only message that the Prime Minister is trying to send through the reshuffling," said Jaitley.

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