The participation of former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan in Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra evoked a sarcastic reaction from the BJP which said that the former sees himself as the “next Manmohan Singh”.
Rajan earlier this morning joined Gandhi during his Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan.
Taking a potshot at the former RBI Governor for his participation in the footmarch, BJP leader Amit Malviya said Rajan “fancies himself as the next Manmohan Singh.” He also called his commentaries on India’s economy “opportunistic”.
“Raghuram Rajan, former RBI Governor, a Congress appointee, joining Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra is not a surprise. He fancies himself as the next Manmohan Singh. Just that his commentary on India’s economy should be discarded with disdain. It is coloured and opportunistic,” Malviya said in a tweet.
In videos shared on social media, Rajan and Gandhi were seen having a discussion while marching. The Congress’s footmarch resumed today from Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan.
The Congress shared a picture of the two and tweeted in Hindi: “Shri Raghuram Rajan, former Governor of RBI, with @RahulGandhi ji… The increasing number of people standing up to unite the country against hatred shows that we will be successful.”
Rajan was the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India during the second term of the UPA and the initial years of the Narendra Modi-led Central government
The Bharat Jodo Yatra, which will conclude in Kashmir – next year, has seen several guests and eminent personalities joining from different walks of life.
