India
oi-PTI
Chandigarh,
Oct
27:
A
day
after
Delhi
Chief
Minister
Arvind
Kejriwal
sought
printing
images
of
Lord
Ganesha
and
Goddess
Lakshmi
on
currency,
Congress
MP
Manish
Tewari
on
Thursday
asked
why
not
Bhimrao
Ambedkar’s
photo
on
a
new
series
of
notes.
The
AAP
national
convener’s
demand
drew
sharp
reactions
from
the
Congress
with
its
Punjab
unit
chief
Amrinder
Singh
Raja
accusing
Kejriwal
of
resorting
to
“competitive
Hindutva”
to
outwit
the
BJP
in
poll-bound
Gujarat.
Reacting
to
Kejriwal’s
statement,
Tewari,
a
Congress
MP
from
Punjab’s
Anandpur
Sahib,
tweeted,
“Why
not
Dr
Babasahib
Ambedkar’s
photograph
on
new
series
of
currency
notes?
On
one
side
the
great
Mahatma
(Gandhi)
the
other
side
Dr
(B
R)
Ambedkar.”
“Non-violence,
Constitutionalism
and
egalitarianism
fusing
in
a
unique
union
that
would
sum
up
the
modern
Indian
genius
perfectly,”
he
said
in
the
tweet.
During
a
media
briefing
on
Wednesday,
Chief
Minister
Arvind
Kejriwal
appealed
to
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
to
have
images
of
Lord
Ganesha
and
Goddess
Lakshmi
on
currency
notes.
Introduce
currency
notes
with
images
of
Ganesh-Laxmi’:
Kejriwal
appeals
to
Centre
“Despite
trying
our
best,
sometimes
our
efforts
do
not
fructify
if
the
gods
and
goddesses
are
not
blessing
us.
I
appeal
to
PM
(Modi)
to
have
images
of
Lord
Ganesha
and
Goddess
Lakshmi
on
our
currency
(notes).
“If
there
is
an
image
of
Lakshmi-Ganesha
on
our
currency
(notes),
our
country
will
prosper.
I
will
write
to
(the)
prime
minister
in
a
day
or
two
on
this,”
he
said.
Story first published: Thursday, October 27, 2022, 14:00 [IST]