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Goyal: Foreign Deputy PM's Daughter Eyes Bollywood. Who?
The Take
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal says a deputy PM of one of the world's most powerful countries is chasing him, because his daughter wants to work in Bollywood. Goyal named no country, no leader and no daughter. Congress MP Pawan Khera called him a casting agent.
The Wire
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said at the Festival of Ideas in New Delhi that the daughter of a deputy prime minister of one of the world's most powerful countries wants to work in Bollywood, Aaj Tak and Amar Ujala reported.
Why it matters
India's trade minister mentioned a foreign deputy PM's daughter to show off Bollywood, and would not say who.
The receipts
Source: Aaj Tak