NEW DELHI : Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee has said that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was his contemporary in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and the both stood on "similar" lines on "certain" issues during their academic years in the university. Speaking in a television interview, he said that it was not as if the two had deep disagreements. "(Sitharaman was) One of the people whom I knew well... We were even often on similar sides on certain issues. He has also been known for the criticism of demonetisation as he described the move as not being "well considered". That's an unprecedented event," Banerjee said in the interview regarding the slowing economy.

Source: Mint October 20, 2019 11:03 UTC