Congress leader Manish Tewari on Monday found fault with finance Minister Arun Jaitley who has always been as outspoken in his public life as he has been in his personal blogging space. Congress leaders, however, have not always taken his statements very kindly.

Jaitley shared a blog post recently, claiming that the central government was very much justified to return a proposal of judicial appointment in the Supreme Court to the collegium that oversees the entire process of recruitment of judges in the higher judiciary.

Congress leader Manish Tewari on Monday found fault with that. Though he could not put his finger at what he thought was wrong in Jaitley’s contention, yet he made a terse comment on the propriety of central ministers issuing statements on ministries other than their own.

Manish Tewari Tweeted at length, ‘This is indeed a funny Government — Finance Minister (Arun Jaitley) writes Facebook posts on legal affairs, Law Minister (Ravi Shankar Prasad) holds presser on Defence Affairs and the Defence Minister (Nirmala Sitharaman) holds… on Finance Affairs. No Minister talks about own Ministry’s affairs. Collective Responsibility redefined!’

Perhaps Manish Tewari was piqued at Jaitley’s post after going through the concluding statement that ‘unsavoury past experiences’ made judiciary wary of the executive’s role in judicial appointments. Jaitley clearly hinted at experiences earned during the heydays of Congress administration.