Although Kaushik Basu and R Gopalan bid farewell to the finance ministry on the same day, they get to spend some time with each other for the next few weeks. Basu is going to keep his room in North Block till August 18 because his successor (yet to be named officially) is unlikely to take charge soon. Gopalan will also be in North Block for a while to wind up certain things till he moves to his next assignment. Since Gopalan’s successor, Arvind Mayaram, took charge on August 1, he will not be able to occupy his old room, so he will be sharing Basu’s room. In Basu’s company, it is unlikely that Gopalan will be able to avoid the media.
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