Addressing a press conference on Thursday, Union Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal, said, “Don’t get into the Maths about the economy…Maths never helped Einstein discover gravity.” He added, “If we had only gone by the structured formulae and what was past knowledge, I don’t think there would’ve been any innovation in this world.”

As a result, memes and jokes on Goyal and the NDA government surfaced in no time.

https://twitter.com/RoshanKrRai/status/1172074577075171328

https://twitter.com/brumbyoz/status/1172069990633074688

https://twitter.com/Nehr_who/status/1172068745361022976

https://twitter.com/Bhayankur/status/1172068601995522048

https://twitter.com/princessmilax/status/1172091810291695616

This person is asking all the right questions.

After the video went viral, Piyush Goyal issued a clarification