New Delhi: BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde is perhaps one of the handful of people who isn’t happy about Abhijit Banerjee winning the Nobel Prize for Economics. This is one time politics can be left behind, sir?
Yes, the man who recommended #inflation & #tax rates to be raised for our country via #Pappu, has been recognized and awarded #NobelPrize2019.
Pappu can really feel proud of his #NYAY proponent while the poor nation missed out the benefits!!!!!!!!!!
— Anantkumar Hegde (@AnantkumarH) October 14, 2019
Talking about leaving things behind – looks like Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy is still hurt about being overlooked for a cabinet post, twice in a row. We think it’s time to move on, sir.
: Namo and I have known each other since 1972. The difference is that I feel he is needed as our PM and he feels he does not need me. I can live with that.
— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) October 15, 2019
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar is clearly unperturbed by all the criticism directed towards him Monday after he made some unsavoury comments about Congress President Sonia Gandhi. He’s too busy on Aap ki Adalat.
This is my hobby to learn anything from anybody which I can.#AapKiAdalathttps://t.co/EPRbUFlecx
— Manohar Lal (@mlkhattar) October 14, 2019
Take a look at this nostalgic tweet by BJP leader Rajyavardhan Rathore.
Memories came alive on my visit to #IndianMilitaryAcademy Dehradun. Visited the famous Chetwode building & signed the visitors book.
A tour around the IMA Dehradun & u go back to your old Gentlemen Cadet days. The famous roll of the Sword of Honour. Memories 4 a lifetime.@adgpi pic.twitter.com/cgiJNojZlG
— Col Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) October 14, 2019
It seems like everyone has suddenly discovered Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee’s comments on the Indian economy. Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal had some advice for Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the basis of Banerjee’s comments, while adding his own pointers.
Is Modiji listening ?
Abhijit Banerjee :
1) Indian economy on shaky ground
2) “ political interference “ in statistical data
3) Average urban and rural consumption gone down – hasn’t happened since the seventies
4) We in (India) are in crisisAttend to work
Less photo-ops— Kapil Sibal (@KapilSibal) October 15, 2019
Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav has a close connection with Nobel laureate Banerjee. Take a look!
So, the wait is over, sooner than I thought it might.
Delighted that Abhijit and Esther's path-breaking work has been recognised, not just for its methodological innovation, but also for its substantive insights on public policy.
Also happy that a friend is now Nobel awardee! https://t.co/Lw87ezVBqm
— Yogendra Yadav (@_YogendraYadav) October 14, 2019
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is also taking great joy in what Banerjee had to say about the Aam Aadmi Party in 2013.
Humbling to read Nobel Prize winner Abhijit Banerjee's 2013 article today
He was hopeful but skeptical about AAP govt's ability to fulfil promises of cheap power and water
"If they can do it, we will have a new set of heroes (and God knows we need them)"https://t.co/HG3JUpq9o5
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) October 15, 2019
It seems like jail isn’t dampening Congress veteran P Chidambaram’s spirits, who is getting his family to tweet on his behalf. He called out not only the PM’s economic advisor but also the finance minister for the economic slowdown.
FM said that all of us made the GST law. She is wrong. We opposed the law, as drafted, in Parliament. Read my speech.
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) October 14, 2019
Shiv Sena Deputy Leader Priyanka Chaturvedi said she needs no certificate from any troll after she was questioned about why she didn’t have any comments regarding what was said about Sonia Gandhi.
I hold Mrs Sonia Gandhi in high regard, her grace and dignity is something I look upto. However your distasteful tweet to another woman shows you aren’t any different from those you point a finger towards. Anyway have a good day, I don’t need certificates from trolls. https://t.co/KHhjcVKuOe
— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) October 15, 2019
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi was quick to point out that Banerjee was the one to conceptualise NYAY as he congratulated him on his Nobel win.
Congratulations to #AbhijitBanerjee on winning the Nobel Prize in Economics.
Abhijit helped conceptualise NYAY that had the power to destroy poverty and boost the Indian economy.
Instead we now have Modinomics, that’s destroying the economy and boosting poverty. https://t.co/joBYusVFKT
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 14, 2019