Breaking his silence over the speculation surrounding his reappointment as the Reserve Bank of India governor, Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday said the decision will be taken after a discussion with the Centre.
"The decision is taken after discussion between the incumbent and the government. The best I can do is to point you towards the statements of the Finance Minister and the Prime Minister," Rajan said while unveiling the Second Bi-monthly Policy Statement for the year 2016-17.
Rajan has been in the firing line of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Subramanian Swamy who has been repeatedly seeking his resignation and even went on to the extent of calling the RBI Governor 'mentally not fully-Indian'.
Levelling allegations against Rajan, Swamy had written to Narendra Modi requesting the Prime Minister to immediately terminate his services.
The BJP leader claimed that Rajan has been sending confidential and sensitive financial information using unsecured Chicago University email id and publicly disparaging the BJP government. "This is a reckless disregard of the national security interest of India," Swamy had said.
Swamy has been claiming that Rajan is responsible for keeping rates high and has also alleged that the policies of the RBI Governor have slowed down industrial growth.
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