“Inflation has gone up because prices of food articles have gone up” the Finance Minister Mr Pranab Mukherjea told reporters today. (source)
I am reminded of:
1) The standard reason for delay as given by airlines : "The departure is delayed on account of late arrival of incoming aircraft” . As if the airline is not responsible for that.
2) A statement attributed to Calvin Coolidge: “When people lose jobs, unemployment results”. What Pranab is saying is similar “When food prices go up, inflation results. Don’t blame me or the Congress party for that”.
Raj - Pranabda, with his pronounced NE Indian accent would have most likely said " Ben foood prijes go uup, inplasun rejults. Don't blame me oor the Coongrej party por that". Like Balaram Naidu, Pranabda can speak 5 languages in Bengali.
ReplyDeleteBalaji, you are right. Maybe I should have titled this Bacuous and Berbose-10.
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