Piyush Goyal’s ‘Einstein-Gravity’ Remark Has Twitter Falling Over

“Gravity is working against me and gravity wants to bring me down,” Union Minister Piyush Goyal appears to be humming these very lyrics from John Mayer’s popular song, titled Gravity. The Minister of Commerce & Industry was trending all over twitter, for all the wrong reasons!

Addressing a press conference on Thursday, 12 September, Goyal made a statement which left netizens in splits. He said:

“Don’t get into the calculations that you see on television: ‘if you are looking at a 5 trillion economy the country will have to grow at 6-7 per cent (GDP).’ Don’t get into these maths. Maths have never helped Einstein discover gravity.”

Union minister Piyush Goyal

‘Mischievous and baseless narrative’: Goyal

Later, when his ‘Einstein’ comment exploded on social media, Piyush Goyal put out a statement with further clarification.

“The comment that I made had a certain context. Unfortunately some friends have sought to remove the context, pickup one line and create a very mischievous narrative.”

Union Minister Piyush Goyal

Union Minister Piyush Goyal's clarification on his recent comments: The comment that I made had a certain context. Unfortunately some friends have sought to remove the context, pickup one line and create a very mischievous narrative. https://t.co/34nn1x3IlS pic.twitter.com/iK7UyU8Q12

— ANI (@ANI) September 12, 2019

Did you know the apple fell on Einstein’s head, not on Newton’s?!

Then what did Newton do?

— Nidhi Razdan (@Nidhi) September 12, 2019

Reporter : Sir how India would become 5 trillion Economy in such growth rate?

Piyush Goyal : Don't look at numbers. Math never helped Einstein discover Gravity.

Fact : Gravity was discovered by Newton in 1687.
🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/aj58N87IgV

— IRONY MAN (@karanku100) September 12, 2019

Newton Must be Turning in his Grave

Today Piyush Goyal said that Einstein Discovered Gravity.

Newton: Ha BC Humne to Chole Kulche discover Kiye hai

— Nеhr_who (@Nehr_who) September 12, 2019

@PiyushGoyal sir, Albert Einstein developed the theory of relativity, it was Isaac Newton who discovered gravity pic.twitter.com/R7vMpjNJbu

— Pakde Rehna, Chodna Nahi (@gtfo_Mulgi) September 12, 2019

Economy Fails, Political Humour Doesn’t

Why should Nirmala have all the fun? Piyush Goyal has just delivered a blockbuster dialogue

"Don't get into calculations about the economy. Don't get into maths. Maths never helped Einstein discover Gravity" 🙄

Millennials and Maths are the problem. Not Modi Govt. Understood? pic.twitter.com/JCoCIbdoxp

— Srivatsa (@srivatsayb) September 12, 2019

"Job losses is a good sign for economy" - Piyush Goyal

"Auto industry is now affected by the mindsets of millennial, who prefer to have Ola or Uber" - Sitharaman

"We don't subscribe to Dr MMS's analysis of Economy"-Prakash Javadekar#BharatiyaJokeParty

— Sanghamitra (@AudaciousQuest) September 11, 2019

Puri saab tying best to suppress his laughter... https://t.co/wPEIPzbFxe

— ਸਰਬਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ (@nihang) September 12, 2019

While jobs may be at risk today, humour and fun will always be free!