A day after PM's snub,
Swamy in silent zone
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi ticked him off by disapproving his attacks on top policy makers, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday alleged that media insults him.
When approached by a national electronic Media, Swamy refused to talk to the media.
On Tuesday morning, Swamy tweeted a quote by Lord Krishna.
On Monday, the Prime Minister had described RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan "no less patriotic than anyone" and said Swamy's attacks on top Finance Ministry officials were "inappropriate".
The Prime Minister also dubbed Swamy's attack on Rajan and top Finance Ministry officials a "publicity stunt" and in unmistakable terms warned him not to consider himself "bigger than the system".
Swamy, who has been critical of Rajan since the formation of the National Democratic Alliance government in 2014, had questioned his patriotism, even saying "he (Rajan) is mentally not fully Indian". Later, Rajan announced he was not interested in a second term at the Reserve Bank of India.
Modi's remarks came on the day when Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who was also upset with Swamy's remarks, returned from China on late Sunday night, cutting short the visit by a day.
Earlier on Sunday, Swamy's lecture at a Mumbai event to mark the 41st anniversary of the Emergency was cancelled. He was invited as the main speaker.
Sources said this happened after instructions from the central party leaders.
Swamy had demanded the removal of Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian and also targeted Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das.
--------------------------------
SWAMY GOES PHLOSOPHICAL
* BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday turned philosophical quoting Lord Krishna to say that “a small change in one parameter effects changes in all variables”
* “The world is in general equilibrium. A small change in one parameter effects changes in all variables. So Krishna advised: Sukh Dukhe...,” Swamy said in his tweet
* The newly-nominated BJP MP also posted some other tweets and re-tweeted those of his followers but made no comments on the statement made by the Prime Minister
--------------------------------------------------
NO ACTION: CONG
Congress on Tuesday dismissed suggestions that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had pulled up BJP MP Subramanian Swamy for attacks on RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan and some top finance ministry officials, remarking “a stubborn person will never accept logic”.
“Whatever the Prime Minister has said in the matter is at best an advisory and not an action. An action means dismissal, expulsion, suspension,” Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad told reporters.
