NEW DELHI: Niti Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar is learnt to have told the Election Commission that he spoke against Congress’s Nyay scheme as an economist and not as part of the policy body.
In his reply to a show-cause notice submitted on Tuesday, Kumar is also learnt to have said that he can speak out his mind as an economist on important issues concerning policy and economy.
He said that his remarks should not be construed as the stand of Niti Aayog.
On March 27, the poll panel had sought Kumar’s response on his remarks in which he had attacked Congress over minimum income guarantee promise.
The EC had felt that since Kumar is a bureaucrat, his remarks were prima facie violative of the model code. (AGENCIES)
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