Amid rumours that Amit Shah could become the next Finance Minister after Arun Jaitley expressed his desire not to hold a cabinet post citing his health, Subramanian Swamy – who has often eyed the Finance Ministry – turned melancholic on Twitter.

Swamy, the bugbear of the Gandhi family, wondered if he should change his prefix and instead of chowkidar pick mazdoor (worker).

He wrote: “May be instead of Chowkidar I should affix Mazdoor because I construct a multi-storied building for the party by fighting all these cases but do not get a luxury apartment to live in it. Lord Krishna explained why to Arjuna after the war.”

Swamy appeared to be alluding to the iconic line when Krishna explains to Arjun that one is not entitled to the fruits of his actions.

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The Chapter II, Verse 47 from the Gita goes: “You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself to be the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty.”

It’s an open secret that Subramanian Swamy, a trained economist, has felt that he is the natural choice for the Finance Minister’s post and has often taken potshots at Jaitley.