Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday disapproved of recent attacks on RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan and some top Finance Ministry officials, saying they are “inappropriate”. Prime Minister says he is sure that Rajan will continue to serve India irrespective of whether he is in some position or not. If anybody considers himself above the system, it is wrong,” the Prime Minister told TV channel Times Now. He said Mr. Rajan was ‘no less patriotic.’The Prime Minister’s comments assume significance in the context of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and the BJP distancing themselves from party MP Subramanian Swamy’s recent attacks on Mr. Rajan, Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramananian and Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das. He said the RBI Governor's patriotism was no less and was sure that Mr. Rajan would continue to serve India irrespective of whether he was in some position or not.

Source: The Hindu June 27, 2016 11:39 UTC