"Didn't Know Modi Government Was So...": P Chidambaram's Swipe At George Soros Row
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In another tweet, he advised to "ignore George Soros and listen to Nouriel Roubini."
Reacting to billionaire investor George Soros' criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and questions on Hindenburg Research's report on industrialist Gautam Adani, senior Congress 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 he says now.
Mr 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."
Mr Soros at the Munich Security Conference on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be weakened by the stock crash 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."
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