New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday dismissed Subramanian Swamy's attack on Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian and strongly defended him saying the government has full confidence in him and his advice is of "great value" to it.
"Government has full confidence in the CEA, he has provided valuable insights from time to time. The party does not endorse Swamy's view," Jaitley said.
In a series of tweets attacking the Chief Economic Adviser, who is an NRI, Swamy said, "Who said to US Cong on 13/3/13 the US should act against India to defend US Pharmaceuticals interests? Arvind Subramanian MoF !! Sack him!!!," he tweeted.
"Now PTs (Patriotic Tweeples) can understand why our core economic sectors could not perform last two years. Trojan horses galore in MoF/Fin Institutions."
"Was AS (Arvind Subramanian) deposing before US Cong Committee against India as a US citizen or Indian? Does any PT know?," he asked.
Swamy's attack comes in the wake of reports of Arvind Subramanian being among the probable successors of Rajan as the country's central bank chief.
Swamy had earlier launched a scathing attack on Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan, saying he is 'unfit' for the job and is 'mentally not fully Indian'.
Ending all speculations, Rajan announced last week that he will return to academics after his current tenure as RBI Governor ends on September 4.
Incidentally, both Rajan and Arvind Subramanian have worked at the IMF. While Rajan was a UPA appointee, Arvind Subramanian was appointed by the Narendra Modi government.
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