In response to a query at a news meet, Raghuram Rajan had to reiterate “I am an Indian citizen” (Business Line, October 30). Merit is the only consideration in such appointments; issues like citizenship should not even be raised. Let us not forget that the first Governor of the then newly-constituted Reserve Bank of India in 1935 was an Australian. Recently, the British Government appointed a Canadian, Mark Carney as Governor of the Bank of England, to succeed the well-known Sir Mervyn King, as the government wanted the kind of experience the former had. Many Indians hold a Green Card to live in the US and gain wider experience and better work ethos.
- K.U.Mada, Mumbai (HBL)
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