"The Prime Minister said how the media is trying to trap me into saying anti-Modi things. He has been watching the TV, he has been watching you guys (journalists), and he knows what you are trying to do. So, stop", said Banerjee.
Kaushik Basu, himself, as the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India oversaw India's decline into a terrible economic crisis. He had also demanded that Demonetization be rolled back.
The commentator, through the article in The New York Times, tries to make personal jibes at the Indian Prime Minister Modi without offering any data to substantiate the tall claims that are being made.