Dikshit said, โHe is B team of BJP and RSS. He doesnโt have any understanding. It is his vote politics. If he goes to Pakistan, he can also say that I am Pakistani, so vote for meโ
New Delhi: Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit on Wednesday took a jibe at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over his appeal to the Centre to include photos of Lord Ganesh and Goddess Laxmi on currency notes.
โHe is B team of BJP and RSS. He doesnโt have any understanding. It is his vote politics. If he goes to Pakistan, he can also say that I am Pakistani, so vote for me,โ Dikshit told ANI. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider including the images of Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesh on currency notes in India to โimprove the economic situation of the countryโ.
โToday I appeal to the central government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On Indian currency there is a photo of Gandhi ji, let that be, on the other side of currency, a photo of Shri Ganesh Ji and Lakshmi ji should be put. โAs I said we have to make lot of effort to improve the economic situation of our country. But also with that, we need blessings from Gods and Goddesses. The whole country will get blessings if on currency notes, there is a photo of Ganesh Ji and Lakshmi ji on one side and Gandhi ji on other side,โ Kejriwal said in his address.
โIf Indonesia can do it; choose Ganesh Ji, so can weโฆ I will write to the centre tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to appeal for itโฆ we need the almightyโs blessings apart from the efforts to settle the economic condition of the country,โ Kejriwal said.
Indiaโs foreign exchange reserves during the week that ended on October 14 fell to an over two-year low of USD 528.367 billion, a drop of USD 4.5 billion from the previous week.
In the preceding week, the countryโs foreign exchange reserves were at USD 532.868 billion, RBI data showed.
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According to RBIโs data, Indiaโs foreign currency assets, which are the biggest component of the forex reserves, declined by USD 2.828 billion to USD 468.668 billion during the week.
The value of gold reserves dropped by USD 1.5 billion to USD 37.453 billion during the week.
The value of Indiaโs Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) with the International Monetary Fund declined by USD 149 million to USD 17.433 billion during the week under review, the RBI data showed. The reserves have been falling for months now because of RBIโs likely intervention in the market to defend the depreciating rupee against a surging US dollar.
For the record, the Indian rupee has been weakening over the past few weeks to hit fresh new all-time lows as the US dollar strengthened against major global currencies.
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