BJP’s Subramanian Swamy Wants Goddess Lakshmi on Rupee Notes to "Improve Economy"

New Delhi, January 16, 2020:

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy said that inscribing the image of the Hindu Goddess Lakshmi on banknotes would improve the condition of Indian economy and he was in favor of it.

While speaking with mediapersons in Madhya Pradesh, Swamy made this statement. He was responding to a query about Indonesian currency having the image of Lord Ganesha inscribed on it. He said, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi can answer this question. I am in favour (of this). Lord Ganesha removes obstacles. I rather say that a picture of Goddess Lakshmi (on currency notes) may improve the condition of Indian currency. Nobody should feel bad about this.”

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The BJP leader’s statement has made headlines due to its odd nature and gave netizens another reason to troll the ruling party.

One of the Twitter users posted, “Ye sab ke sab BJP me hi kyu paye jate hain (Why are they only found in BJP)”. Another user wrote, “Dollar toh pura Laxmi Mata se bhara hoga Phir Toh (Then US dollar would be filled with Goddess Lakshmi)

“Goddess Lakshmi on banknotes.. Goddess Saraswati on every page of School Notebooks.. Hanuman on Army Tanks.. God Indra on the logo of ISRO.. India will be a superpower in 5 years.”

Subramanian Swamy made this statement after addressing a lecture series titled ‘Swami Vivekananda Vyakhyanmala’ in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh.

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