Expressing hope that the Centre would get “good suggestions” from Banerjee, Dilip Ghosh asserted on Sunday that he was among the first to congratulate Banerjee and Esther Duflo, the economist’s wife and fellow Nobel winner. Picture by Himadri MondalBengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh has steered clear of the line of severe criticism that many in his party’s national and state leadership have adopted against Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, calling the economics Nobel winner a “big personality” with a “huge achievement”. Expressing hope that the Centre would get “good suggestions” from Banerjee, Ghosh asserted on Sunday that he was among the first to congratulate Banerjee and Esther Duflo, the economist’s wife and fellow Nobel winner. The BJP leader added that “he (Banerjee) is a big personality with a huge achievement”. At least one senior state leader had stooped to scathing attacks, even over choices Banerjee made in his personal life.

Source: The Telegraph October 20, 2019 19:30 UTC