Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan taken part in the Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra in December. But the questions raise around his political ambitions, the former RBI chief has said that he took part in the yatra as a “concerned citizen“.
Raghuram Rajan said that he did not take part in the Congress chief Rahul Gandhi led yatra as a former servant or as an economist, but as a concern citizen.
In a LinkedIn post that Raghuram Rajan share on 2nd January 2023, Raghuram Rajan said that he walk a few miles to add his support to the committed citizens who are “walking the length of India to strengthen national unity and communal harmony“.
Raghuram Rajan Said :
“As we make our resolutions for the coming year, let us keep in mind that we all need to do more to preserve the India we love, and the world we cherish,”.
The former RBI chief also said that India as a country is being undermine by majoritarian populists, who sow distrust and divisiveness.
Raghuram Rajan Said :
“They incite the majority community to avenge historic wrongs that no one today bears responsibility for, even while inexorably centralizing power, and repressing data and criticism.”
He also mention that the country has enough diversity to keep “hatemongers busy” for a long time and add that the forces of hate always look for new victims when the old ones have finish off.
Raghuram Rajan Said :
“Love, not hate, equality and justice, not cronyism and oppression, unity in diversity, not divisiveness, a vibrant argumentative democracy, not an intolerant police state, a cooperative world, not a world at war: these are all worth struggling for,”.
Raghuram Rajan also said that the strength of the country lies in its reason debates that allow everyone to feel they contribute.
He went on to explain that India has enormous potential for the good, using its voice to support decency, tolerance, mutual respect, and dialogue.
Raghuram Rajan Said :
“Sound economic policies, guided by informed debate based on accurate data, could make India an enormous contributor to global growth for decades to come,”.
As before the former RBI chief in an interview with Rahul Gandhi had said that 2023 will be difficult for the Indian economy as also for the rest of the world.
Raghuram Rajan had mention that the country would be lucky to achieve a 5% growth rate next year as key interest rates have gone up and exports have slow down.
