‘Nation Overjoyed’: Leaders Commend Abhijit Banerjee’s Nobel Win

Here’s how politicians on Twitter reacted to Indian-American economist, Abhijit Banerjee, feat.

Abhijit Banerjee talks to the media after winning the 2019 Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences. He shares the honour with his wife Esther Duflo and American economist Michael Kremer.

Posted by The Quint on Monday, October 14, 2019

Leaders across the political spectrum on Monday, 14 October, greeted Indian-American economist, Abhijit Banerjee, for winning the 2019 Nobel Economic Sciences Prize.

From PM Narendra Modi to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, leaders lauded Banerjee who, along with his wife Esther Duflo and American economist Michael Kremer, won the award “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty”.

“Congratulations to Abhijit Banerjee on being conferred the 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel,” PM Modi said in a tweet.