'These bigots are blinded by hatred': Rahul Gandhi tweets in support of Abhijeet Banerjee

New Delhi: A day after Abhijit Banerjee gave interviews to a number of media houses, speaking about the NYAY scheme, BJP’s Lok Sabha win and fielding criticism from union minister Piyush Goyal, Rahul Gandhi asked the Nobel laureate not get affected by “bigots” as they are “blinded by hatred”.

“Dear Mr Banerjee, These bigots are blinded by hatred and have no idea what a professional is. You cannot explain it to them, even if you tried for a decade. Please be certain that millions of Indians are proud of your work,” the Congress leader tweeted on Sunday morning.

Banerjee had assisted the Congress in formulating the Nyuntam Aay Yojana (NYAY) scheme which promised to give Rs 72,000 annually to each of the 20 per cent families in the poorest of the poor category.