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Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked the BJP government over the absence of Union Minister Arun Jaitley and Secretary Hasmukh Adhia from the finance ministry at the same time

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Gandhi tweeted a mock letter to Finance Minister addressed by Prime Minister.

Through his letter, Gandhi targetted the government for allegedly interfering in financial policies.

The letter said, "Dear FM, As you are indisposed and Finance Secretary is on vacation with his Guru on a quest for inner peace, I have decided to shut the Finance Ministry till further notice. The PMO will take all financial policy decisions as before. Prime Minister".

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His tweet was based on a report that said Jaitley had not attended office for a month because of a kidney ailment and also claimed that finance secretary Adhia has taken leave till May 20 to do yoga and meditation with Swami Visharadanand Saraswathy in Mysuru.

In his letter, Gandhi said that in the absence of the finance ministers, the Prime Minister Office will take the decisions on finance policy "as before".

Jaitley had not attended office for a month due to a kidney ailment. However, sources have claimed that the Finance Minister had been clearing files from his residence.

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He attended a cabinet meeting and chaired a meeting of the GST council through video conference on April 25.

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