'I had asked Obama to remind Modi of 'secularism''- Former Chief Economic Advisor
- Professor Kaushik Basu, a former Chief Economist of the World Bank and former Chief Economic Advisor to the GoI, has made a big disclosure.
- According to a report in 'The Wire', Basu had asked former US President Barack Obama to remind PM Narendra Modi of secularism.
- Basu asked Obama to remind the BJP govt about India's traditional and well-established commitment to democracy and secularism.
- Kaushik Basu, who was the Chief Economic Advisor to Manmohan Singh, had disclosed this in an interview given to Thapar.
- Basu suggested to the President that he should raise the issue of India's traditional commitment to democracy, secularism, and tolerance.
