Ex-RBI Governor Rajan joins Bharat Jodo Yatra
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan and others during the party's Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Sawai Madhopur district on Wednesday
Jaipur: Reserve Bank of India's former governor Raghuram Rajan on Wednesday joined Rahul Gandhi during the Congress-led Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan.
The Bharat Jodo Yatra, which started from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7, is passing through Rajasthan.
The yatra will complete 100 days on Friday. The yatra resumed from the Bhadoti area of Sawai Madhopur on Wednesday and reached Badhshapura for a morning break. Rajan walked with Gandhi during this leg of the yatra on Wednesday. "#BharatJodoYatra Shri Raghuram Rajan, former Governor of RBI, shaking steps with @RahulGandhi ji... The increasing number of people standing up to unite the country against hatred shows that we will be successful," The Indian National Congress tweeted along with a picture of Rajan walking with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Dr Raghuram Rajan was the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India between September 2013 and September 2016. Between 2003 and 2006, he was the Chief Economist and Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund. The yatra will resume at 3.30 pm and the evening break will be in Bagdi village of Dausa at 6.30 pm. P
Taking a dig at former Rajan, BJP spokesperson Amit Malviya tweeted, "He fancies himself as the next Manmohan Singh." Malviya said Rajans presence at the Yatra did not come as a surprise. "His commentary on Indias economy should be discarded with disdain. It is coloured and opportunistic."
Supriya Shrinate, the Congress social media head, hailed Rajan as a fine economist, a man of high integrity, a man whose heart beats for an inclusive India and above all one of the most fearless people I know.
Indian Youth Congress National President Srinivas BV also welcomed Rajan, praising him for fearlessly speaking "against the government and its faulty policies, from the economy to banking reforms."
"#BharatJodoYatra Shri Raghuram Rajan, former Governor of RBI, shaking steps with @RahulGandhi ji... The increasing number of people standing up to unite the country against hatred shows that we will be successful," The Indian National Congress tweeted along with a picture of Rajan walking with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.