Reacting to billionaire investor George Soros' criticism against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and raising questions on Hindenburg Research's report on industrialist Gautam Adani, senior Congress and former leader P Chidambaram said that he disagrees with most of what George Soros had said in the past and he does not agree with most of what Soros says at present.
Chidambaram tweeted, "I did not agree with most of what George Soros had said in the past and I do not agree with most of what he says now. But to label his remarks as an "attempt to topple the democratically elected government in India" is a puerile statement."
Soros at the Munich Security Conference on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be weakened by the stock woes of business tycoon and alleged close ally Gautam Adani, "opening the door" to a democratic revival in the country.
In a series of tweets from his official account on Saturday, the leader said that the people of India will determine who will be in and who will be out of the government of India and added, "I did not know that the Modi government was so feeble that it can be toppled by the stray statement of a 92-year-old rich foreign national."
In another tweet, he advised to "Ignore George Soros and listen to Nouriel Roubini." According to Chidambaram's tweet, Roubini warned that India is "increasingly driven by large private conglomerates that can potentially hamper competition and kill new entrants".
Who is Nouriel Roubini?
Nouriel Roubini is CEO of Roubini Macro Associates, a global macroeconomic consultancy firm in New York. He is also the chief economist for Atlas Capital Team LP, as well as co-founder of Rosa and Roubini Associates, according to nourielroubini.com.
At a 2006 address to the International Monetary Fund, Roubini warned of the impending recession due to the credit and housing market bubble.
In one of his tweets and while continuing in this thread, the Congress leader also said, "Liberalisation was to usher in an open, competitive economy. The Modi government's policies have created oligopolies."
The 92-year-old billionaire philanthropist said in a speech on Thursday that PM Modi had been "quiet" on the subject and that he would "had to answer questions" from foreign investors and Parliament over claims of fraud and stock manipulation at Adani's industrial empire.
Since American short-seller Hindenburg Research accused Adani Group of participating in "brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud" over a long period of time, the business has come under intense scrutiny.
With inputs from Agencies.
