Finance Minister Arun Jaitley says  Don’t Approve Of Attacks On #RBI Governor’

Swamy suggested Rajan be sent back to Chicago, where he teaches
Raghuram Rajan’s term as RBI governor expires in September
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said he does not approve of attacks on Reserve Bank governor Raghuram Rajan, whose dismissal has been sought by BJP lawmaker and the minister’s colleague in the Rajya Sabha, Subramanian Swamy.

“I don’t approve of attacks on the RBI Governor,” Mr #Arunjaitley  told NDTV in an exclusive interview on Thursday as the PM #NarendraModi  government completed two years in office.

Bjp leader Subramanian Swamy has repeatedly attacked Dr Rajan accusing him of “deliberately wrecking the Indian economy” with his decisions and had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this month recommending that he “consider terminating the appointment” of the RBI governor, whose term ends in September.

Mr Swamy has in his attacks on the RBI governor suggested that he be “sent back to Chicago,” where he teaches at the Booth School of Business, and has alleged that the RBI governor is “mentally not fully Indian,” since he continues to renew the Green Card issued to him by the US government.

Mr Swamy’s attacks have drawn criticism from several quarters not least the Congress, which appointed Dr Rajan to head the central bank during its tenure at the Centre.

There has also been a surge of support online, with a petition gone viral urging Prime Minister Modi to appoint Raghuram Rajan for a second term as RBI governor.

The BJP has earlier said Mr Swamy’s opinion is his own and that a call on a second term will be taken when Dr Rajan’s term expires in September.

Dr Rajan is on leave from his assignment at the Chicago University to serve as RBI governor. reports by ndtv,