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Theresa May breaks protocol to meet Arun Jaitley in UK

FM kicked off his just concluded 4-day visit to London with a lecture on 'transforming India' at LSE

Britain’s Chancellor Philip Hammond (left) with Finance Arun Jaitley for talks at 11 Downing Street in London on Tuesday (Photo: PTI)
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Britain’s Chancellor Philip Hammond (left) with Finance Arun Jaitley for talks at 11 Downing Street in London on Tuesday (Photo: PTI)

Ashis Ray London
British Prime Minister Theresa May broke protocol by dropping in on a meeting between Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and his counterpart Philip Hammond, the chancellor of the exchequer on Tuesday. She impressed upon the former the need to forge “closer relations” between India and Britain, “to look at different areas and a way forward” post-Brexit, a source disclosed.    

The finance minister kicked off his just concluded four-day visit to London with a lecture on “transforming India” at the London School of Economics (LSE). Here — it being a seat of learning, not a political platform — he was

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