New Delhi: Senior Congress chief P Chidambaram on Saturday mentioned labelling remarks by George Soros as an ‘try to topple the democratically elected authorities in India’ was a puerile assertion. He questioned if the Modi authorities was “so feeble” that it may be toppled by a stray assertion of a 92-year-old wealthy overseas nationwide. Chidambaram’s assertion got here after the BJP reacted angrily to remarks made by Soros on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Munich Security convention, alleging that Soros was concentrating on the Indian democratic system so that individuals “hand-picked” by him get to run the federal government right here.
“The individuals of India will decide who will likely be in and who will likely be out of the federal government of India.
“I did not know that the Modi government was so feeble that it can be toppled by the stray statement of a 92-year-old rich foreign national,” Chidambaram mentioned in a sequence of tweets.
He additionally alleged that the Modi authorities’s insurance policies have created oligopolies as a substitute of ushering in competitors.
“I did not agree with most of what George Soros had said in the past and I do not agree with most of what he says now. But to label his remarks as an ‘attempt to topple the democratically elected government in India’ is a puerile statement,” Chidambaram famous.
“Ignore George Soros and listen to Nouriel Roubini. Roubini warned that India is ‘increasingly driven by large private conglomerates that can potentially hamper competition and kill new entrants’,” he mentioned.
The former finance minister mentioned Liberalisation was to usher in an open, aggressive financial system.
“The Modi government’s policies have created oligopolies,” he mentioned.
In his remarks, Soros mentioned the turmoil engulfing industrialist Gautam Adani’s enterprise empire might open the door to a democratic revival in India.
The Congress on Friday mentioned whether or not the Adani situation will spark a democratic revival within the nation relies upon completely on the grand outdated get together and different opposition events, and has nothing to do with billionaire investor George Soros.
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