"We Need Blessings": Arvind Kejriwal To PM On 'Gods On Currency' Demand
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He had yesterday urged the Prime Minister to issue new currency notes with the images, suggesting it would be a solution to the country's economic woes.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today doubled down on his demand that currency notes carry pictures of Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesh. He had yesterday urged the Prime Minister to issue new currency notes with the images, suggesting it would help the country tide over economic hardships. मैंने प्रधानमंत्री जी को पत्र लिखकर 130 करोड़ भारतवासियों की ओर से निवेदन किया है कि भारतीय करेंसी पर महात्मा गांधी जी के साथ-साथ लक्ष्मी गणेश जी की तस्वीर भी लगाई जाए। pic.twitter.com/OFQPIbNhfu
Today, he formally wrote a letter to Narendra Modi, "requesting on behalf of 130 crore Indians", that pictures of Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesh be put on currency notes along with Mahatma Gandhi.
"The country's economy is going through a very bad phase. Even after 75 years of Independence, India is known as a developing and poor country...On one hand, citizens need to work hard, but we also need God's blessings for our efforts to bear fruit," he said in his letter, written in Hindi, which he also posted on Twitter.
