BJP's Anurag Thakur Shares "Memories" With Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and cabinet minister Anurag Thakur jointly announced a series of decisions as part of the government's Atmanirbhar Bharat financial relief package amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

As Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today announced key government decisions today, she teamed up with her former junior minister Anurag Thakur for the first time since his promotion in a recent cabinet reshuffle. Anurag Thakur, who was Minister of State for Finance, was elevated to cabinet rank and given charge of the Information and Broadcasting and the sports ministries in the revamp of July 7. He shared a photo on Instagram of the two of them walking to the news briefing. "Today's Cabinet announcements press conference was held with Hon. FM Nirmala Sitharaman Ji. Reminded of the time we did the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Package announcements together," Mr Thakur wrote, with the hashtag #Memories.