BJP Accuses Nobel Winners Abhijit and Amartya of Using Nobel for Political Interest

Kolkata: Two days after his uncharitable remarks on Nobel winner Abhijit Banerjee generated a storm, BJP National Secretary Rahul Sinha on Sunday again attacked the Nobel Prize for Economics winner, challenging him to implement his economic thoughts even in one village instead of speaking against the Prime Minister or the Union Finance Minister.

Accusing Banerjee of using his Nobel award for his “political interest”, Sinha also made indirect references to another Nobel Prize winner in Economics Amartya Sen - a bitter critic of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government. Sen won the award in 1998. “If somebody tries to use the Nobel award in his political interest people don’t find it in good taste. “We have seen it in case of this Nobel prize winner (Banerjee), as also another one (Amartya Sen). We have no objection if they present their thoughts about the country’s economy before the people, and there is a debate on it. But if they insult somebody, make filthy utterances about the Prime Minister, that’s not decent,” Sinha said. (IANS)

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