A day after he targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over rising fuel prices, Congress president Rahul Gandhi today took a jibe at PM Modi by tweeting a mock letter on his behalf to Finance Ministry. Mr Gandhi’s note that was addressed to the “FM” (Finance Minister) and signed off by the “Prime Minister” said that the finance ministry would be “shut” till further notice.
Dear FM,
As you are indisposed and Finance Secretary is on vacation with his Guru on a quest for inner peace, I have decided to shut the Finance Ministry till further notice.
The PMO will take all financial policy decisions as before.
Prime Ministerhttps://t.co/EqHxbkQSXT
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 8, 2018
Mr Gandhi’s tweet also took a dig at PM Modi whom he has repeatedly targeted earlier over demonetisation and the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST).
“The PMO will take all financial policy decisions as before,” Mr Gandhi’s tweet said.
Last month, Mr Jaitley had tweeted saying he was being treated for kidney-related problems and certain infections. Sources said the minister has since been clearing files from his residence.
On April 25, Mr Jaitley attended a cabinet meeting and chaired a meeting of the GST council through video conference last week.
As the campaign for the Karnataka assembly polls enters the last lap, the Congress has scaled up its attack on the BJP and PM Modi. Yesterday, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accused the centre of “systematically dismantling” India’s economy.
With his tweet, Mr Gandhi seems to have taken the allegations a step further.
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