New Delhi: RBI governor Raghuram Rajan on Wednesday said that he shares a “very cordial” relation with the finance minister Arun Jaitley and his long term desire is to go back to the academia.
On BJP MP Subramanian Swamy’s comment that he is “mentally not fully Indian”, Dr Rajan said that “certain allegations are so fundamentally wrong and baseless that to address them is to give them legitimacy that they don’t deserve.”
The RBI governor said that he “welcomes genuine criticism of our policy but will not address ad hominem attacks” or allegations against him as individual, instead of the policies and the position he holds.
On his “Indianness” being questioned in part because he holds a green card, Dr Rajan told a news channel: “Indianness, love for your country is complicated. For every person, there is a different way to show respect for your country... my mother-in-law will say karmayogi is the way to go — do your work (and that reflects your love for the country).”
Dr Rajan said that as the RBI chief he shared a strong working relationship with Mr Jaitley and there never has been a serious disagreement between him and the finance minister.
