Taking a cue from the ALS Ice Bucket challenge that has helped raise several million dollars for the ALS association, the Modi government has launched the Yamuna bucket challenge to meet fiscal deficit targets for the ongoing financial year.
“The rules of the Yamuna Bucket challenge are quite simple,” said Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, at a press conference convened on Saturday evening to launch the challenge. “You either pour a bucket of water from the Yamuna river over your head, or donate hundred rupees to the Government of India. After that you must dare three others to take the challenge within the next 12 hours.” Jaitley then overturned a bucket of Yamuna water over himself and challenged three babus in the Finance Ministry.
Mere hours after the launch, an unprecedented sum of money has already been transferred into the government’s coffers and continues to pour in at a furious rate, as absolutely no one is interested in taking the challenge. “Pour Yamuna water over myself? Are you kidding me?” screamed a horrified government official who was challenged by someone along the chain. “Here, take all my money!” he exclaimed, as he flung his wallet at this correspondent, and fled down the street, arms flailing in all directions.
Needless to say, Finance Ministry officials are overjoyed at the turn of events. “Whoever thought of this is a fricking genius!” raved an ecstatic official. “We have already collected 1000 crores since last evening. At this rate we’ll wipe out the fiscal deficit within a week!”
Meanwhile, the only guy who took the Yamuna Bucket challenge, Shri Jaitley, was rushed to AIIMS after he developed high fever, cough, skin rashes, swollen joints, twenty other known symptoms and three unknown ones. The UnReal Times hopes that Shri Jaitley puts this small incident behind him and recovers quickly.