JOIN USYellow was the colour for the Jaitley family when Finance Minister Arun Jaitely presented his maiden budget in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
While 61-year-old Jaitley wore a yellow Jawahar jacket over his usual off-white kurta pyjama, his wife Sangeeta and their daughter, who were watching the budget presentation from the Speaker's gallery, too came wearing yellow-coloured suits.
According to Hindu mythology, Thursday is dedicated to Lord Vishnu and Brihaspati, the Guru of Gods, and devotees adorn yellow coloured clothes and offer yellow flowers to propitiate god Vishnu and Brihaspati.
The family of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was present on the spot to give
him moral support on Thursday as he read out his maiden budget speech in the Lok Sabha.
Jaitley's wife Sangeeta and daughter Sonali were sitting in the front row of the visitors' gallery and listening intently to his speech.