Arun Jaitley hits back at Subramanian Swamy, stands by Arvind Subramanian,
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has responded to BJP MP Subramaniam Swamy's demand that Arvind Subramanian, the Economic Advisor to the NDA, be sacked.
On 22 June, Jaitley told the media that the BJP does not share Swamy's views on the Economic Advisor. He asserted that Arvind Subramanian's advice had been of great value and said that the decision to appoint him as one of the advisors to the prime minister was taken after putting enough thought into it.
"Government has full confidence in CEA Arvind Subramanian, he has provided valuable insights from time to time," Jaitley told ANI.
"To what extent should we attack those, the discipline and constraint of whose offices prevent them from responding, it has happened more than once," he said.
Swamy took to Twitter to demand that the advisor be removed from his post.
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
Swamy's campaign against Subramanian comes immediately after Raghuram Rajan announced his decision to not seek a fresh term with the RBI - following pressure from the BJP MP.
"I want to share with you that I will be returning to academia when my term as Governor ends on 4 September, 2016," Rajan said in a press release.
First published: 22 June 2016, 5:18 IST
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