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From Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj To PM Modi; Maha BJP’s Ideas For Who Should Be On Currency Notes

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Ram Kadam, another BJP MLA from Maharashtra, took the thread further by suggesting that apart from images of Shivaji, those of B.R. Ambedkar, Savarkar and Modi should be printed on the Indian rupee note

Mumbai: A debate has stirred up on whose photo should be on currency notes after Delhi CM

From Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar to Prime Minister Narendra Modi — Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders from Maharashtra have voiced their suggestions on the famous faces they believe should adorn new currency notes after having criticized Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s demand for images of Lord Ganesh and Goddess Lakshmi on the Indian currency.

BJP MLA and Union minister Narayan Rane’s son Nitesh Rane took to Twitter Wednesday to post an edited image of a Rs 200 currency note with Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s image on it — captioned, “Ye perfect hai (this is perfect)”.

Ram Kadam, another BJP MLA from Maharashtra, took the thread further by suggesting that apart from images of Shivaji, those of B.R. Ambedkar, Savarkar and Modi should be printed on the Indian rupee note

Maharashtra Congress also joined the trend when leader Nitin Raut, too, made a similar suggestion — that of printing Ambedkar’s photo on banknotes along with Gandhi’s. Raut tweeted, “Note par Mahatma Gandhi ke sath Babasaheb Ambedkar ki tasveer kyon nahi (why not have Ambedkar’s photo on the note alongside that of Gandhi’s)?”
Suggesting that Kejriwal should “do some reading and writing” at the schools he keeps flaunting to “brand” himself, Raut wrote that if the CM learns “principles of Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi, perhaps he will not have to sell the drug of religion”.

Anil Parab, a leader from the Shivsena (UBT) said his party did not want to get involved in this kind of politics but if given the choice, he would have suggested that currency notes carry the photo of party supremo late Bal Thackeray.

“Everyone feels their leader’s face should be on currency notes, but it doesn’t matter what I want. Ultimately the government takes these decisions,” Parab added.

In a latest in this debate, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has written to PM Narendra Modi requesting for his demand to be implemented.

I have written a letter to the Prime Minister, requesting on behalf of 130 crore Indians that the picture of Lakshmi and  Ganesh ji should also be put on the Indian currency along with Mahatma Gandhi.” The AAP chief said in a tweet. 

 

 

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