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‘It Symbolises Our Departure From Slavery Of Western Thought’: Sitharaman Drops Briefcase For Bahi Khata

Swarajya StaffJul 05, 2019, 10:37 AM | Updated 10:37 AM IST
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holding the Bahi Khata 

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holding the Bahi Khata 


Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today (5 July) decided to depart from the colonial era tradition of carrying Union Budget documents in a black leather briefcase, and instead chose to carefully carry the papers in India’s traditional Bahi Khata.



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