The controversy surrounding RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan’s exit from the central bank, drawing much criticism against the Modi government, has barely died down, but one-man army Subramaniam Swamy has already declared his next target.
He is now going all out against economist and government’s Chief Economic Adviser, Arvind Subramanian.
Arvind Subramanian was appointed as the CEA by the Modi government in October 2014. He is a development economist and has had important stints in Western and global institutions like the IMF.
Although the criticism that Arvind Subramanian is pro-US is not new, Swamy raked it up vigorously on Twitter on Wednesday morning.
Modi’s chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian had opposed India on IPR till recently https://t.co/G98SdrI2Ek via @timesofindia
— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) June 22, 2016
Who said to US Cong on 13/3/13 the US should act against India to defend US Pharmaceuticals interests? Arvind Subramanian MoF !! Sack him!!!
— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) June 22, 2016
And clearly, Swamy is taking on Arvind with the same ‘nationalist’ argument, by alluding to his US stint.
Guess who encouraged Congi to become rigid on GST clauses ? Jaitely's economic adviser Arvind Subramanian of Washington DC
— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) June 22, 2016
He also retweeted some tweets criticizing Subramanian.
@Swamy39 @timesofindia I don't know why india obsessed with green card thugs
— Intolerant Uday (@ukiran2020) June 22, 2016
@Swamy39 this joker CEA also wrote oped against Gujarat model and talked nonsense about beef ban when it is not even required @timesofindia
— Narasimha Rao (@NarasimhaRao10) June 22, 2016