Numbers tell the story

Ministers in the Narendra Modi-led government seem too eager to showcase their achievements. While Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was recounting the good work done by his government during the discussion on the Constitution Amendment Bill for the Goods and Services Tax in the Lok Sabha, Piyush Goyal, minister of state for power, coal and new & renewable energy, interrupted with some corrections in the numbers he presented. Jaitley, who was already irked by the constant questioning by Opposition members, warned him: "Please, don't interrupt me." Realising that he had been rude, Jaitley quickly acknowledged the inputs by Goyal, a national rank holding chartered accountant, and clarified to the House: "My able minister wants the correct numbers to be presented."