Anew grapevine has taken root in the Finance
Ministry since the news of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley kidney problems
appeared in the media. Arun Jaitley himself tweeted about his health, “am being
treated for kidney related problems & certain infections that I have
contracted. I am therefore currently working from controlled environment at
home. The future course of my treatment would be determined by the doctors treating
me.” Jaitley’s sickness has created a different scenario in North Avenue. North
Block is a busy zone and the scenario seems much the same. The same cannot be
said of the Finance Minister’s office. Generally, the visitor room of the
Finance Minister is full whenever the Minister is in his office. Now there are
less public visitors. Business leaders are not seen though their heads of
corporate affairs are seen meeting civil servants for pushing their files. The
really worrisome situation is the absence of babus. Though they reach office in
time due to the biometric attendance system but most of the day, they are not
sitting in their rooms. The jurnos who visit the North Block after lunch find
it difficult to locate anybody to get some inkling of what is happening in the
ministry. Importantly, nobody dares talk about a change of Finance Minister as
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unflinching faith in the capacity and
capability of his minister.
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