Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tweeted in support of Abhijit Banerjee today after the Nobel Prize-winning economist on Saturday that he objected to Union Minister Piyush Goyal questioning his professionalism. "Please be certain that millions of Indians are proud..." Mr Gandhi wrote on his official Twitter account after Mr Goyal, on Friday, said Mr Banerjee's praise for the Congress' NYAY scheme revealed his "totally Left-leaning" thinking and that his work had been rejected by the people of India.
The NYAY or Nyuntam Aay Yojana is a minimum income guarantee scheme that headlined the Congress manifesto for the national election earlier this year. The party crashed in the polls. Rahul Gandhi, in his tweet congratulating Mr Banerjee for his Nobel, credited him with the NYAY plan.
Dear Mr Banerjee... These bigots are blinded by hatred and have no idea what a professional is. You cannot explain it to them, even if you tried for a decade. Please be certain that millions of Indians are proud of your work," Mr Gandhi tweeted.
On Friday Railways Minister Piyush Goyal, immediately after congratulating Mr Banerjee for his win, went on to dismiss the JNU- and Harvard University-trained economist's work.
Abhijit Banerjee won the Nobel Prize. I congratulate him. But you all know what his understanding is. His thinking is totally Left-leaning. He had praised the NYAY scheme effusively, but people of India rejected his ,thinking" he said.
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