Congress asks PM Narendra Modi: Who is the Finance Minister?
New Delhi, June 19: On Monday, Congress leader Manish Tewari asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the information displayed on the PMO’ s website about the Finance Minister portfolio.
The PMO’s website, last updated on May 14, 2018, shows Arun Jaitley as ‘Minister without Portfolio’. Piyush Goyal is listed as the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs along with his portfolio of Minister of Railways and Coal.
On the same day, May 14, Goyal was handed over the portfolio of Finance Ministry, as Jaitley was scheduled to undergo a kidney transplant later that month at The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
Tewari questioned Modi by asking, "Who is finance minister of India? PMO's website says one thing, finance ministry website tells another story. The gentleman designated without portfolio on the PMO website is holding meetings via video conference. PM needs to tell the country who is his finance minister."
Tewari also said: “Not having a clarification on who exactly was the Finance Minister of India during a time of economic difficulty, reflects a sad state of governance.”
A statement from the President’s Office said, that the portfolios of Finance and Corporate Affairs were temporarily assigned to Goyal in the absence of Jaitley.
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HC rejects Mahesh Shetty Thimarody’s plea challenging externment
Bengaluru: The High Court has rejected the application filed by activist Mahesh Shetty Thimarody challenging Puttur Assistant Commissioner’s externment order sending him out of Dakshina Kannada district.
Puttur AC Stella Varghese had issued the order, externing Shetty to Manvi taluk of Raichur district on March 13, 2026.
Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum, who earlier heard the plea filed by Shetty and kept the judgment pending, said on Thursday that the activist’s application was being rejected.
Stating that the petition was invalid, the judge clarified that the activist could file an application challenging the order with the Home Secretary. He also directed the state government not to take any action in connection with the case for two weeks.
A detailed version of the verdict, however, is awaited.
