It was "in the national interest" to fire Rajan, Swamy wrote. With the shock retreat from public office of Reserve Bank of India chief Raghuram Rajan, comes the rise to international prominence of long-time nemesis Subramanian Swamy, named to the Rajya Sabha in April by the BJP. The changes came with a message from Modi: he was making "India the most open economy in the world." ALSO READ:Raghuram Rajan's exit hits rupee, market recovers after initial shockRaghuram Rajan says no to second term as RBI governor, who will be next? 3 Sources say Rajan stepped down due to the government's failure to push back publicly against Swamy's criticism.

Source: India Today June 21, 2016 08:37 UTC