Daijiworld Media Network - Khandwa (SHP)
Khandwa, Jan 16: BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy believes that printing images of Goddess Lakshmi on the banknotes will help to 'improve the condition of Indian currency'.
Swamy made the statement while speaking to the reporters on Tuesday night after addressing a lecture series titled 'Swami Vivekananda Vyakhyanmala' in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district.
Responding to a question about the picture of Lord Ganesha printed on the Indonesian currency. Swamy 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."
The Rajya Sabha MP also gave his view on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act claiming that the objections over the Act were unnecessary. "Congress and Mahatma Gandhi had requested this (CAA). Manmohan Singh had also requested in Parliament in 2003. We did it. Now they are not accepting it saying that we did injustice to Pakistan's Muslims. What injustice was done? Pakistan's Muslims don't want to come, we can't force them," Swamy added.
One point when delivering the lectures, Swamy stated that DNA of Muslims and Hindus is the same as that of Brahmins and Dalits.
Further, Swamy claimed that the government will soon bring a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in action, which he said had been repeatedly directed by the supreme court in the past 70 years and by Article 44 of the Constitution. Expressing concerns over the rising population Swamy said India would leave China behind by 2025 as the most populous nation.