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'Seeing us together': What Anurag Singh Thakur said on sharing dais again with Nirmala Sitharaman
Anurag Singh Thakur posted a photo with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Instagram and reminisced the time when the duo used to announce financial packages together.
Following the Cabinet meeting of Wednesday, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and information and broadcasting minister Anurag Singh Thakur announced the decisions of the Cabinet. While Nirmala Sitharaman was there to announce the Cabinet decisions regarding her ministry, her former junior minister Anurag Singh was there as the new information and broadcasting minister. "Seeing us together, you must have been expecting that we would announce a new package as that is how you have seen us..." Anurag Singh Thakur said, addressing the press meet. "But here we are to announce the decisions cleared by PM Modi-led cabinet which will benefit many people," the former finance minister of state quipped.
Anurag Singh also posted a photo with Nirmala Sitharaman on Instagram and hashtagged it as 'Memories'. "Today’s Cabinet announcements press conference was held with Hon. FM Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman Ji. Reminded of the time we did the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Package announcements together," the minister wrote.
Minister of state for information and broadcasting L Murugan was also present at Wednesday's Cabinet briefing.
In the recent reshuffle of the Cabinet, Anurag Singh Thakur has been promoted as the minister of information and broadcasting, replacing Prakash Javadekar. Since then, Anurag Singh is present at every Cabinet briefing according to his new role.
Anurag Thakur and Nirmala Sitharaman made a series of joint appearances last year when the ministry announced the government's financial package amid the pandemic. They have also presented Budget 2020 and 2021 together.
