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      'Very Happy With My Current Job': Raghuram Rajan Busts Fake News Of Bank Of England Appointment

      Raghuram Rajan and Bank of England turn into a game of Chinese Whispers. As a WhatsApp forward finds it way to the news and even politicians are taken in.

      By - BOOM FACT Check Team |
      Published -  6 May 2018 9:56 AM IST
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      Raghuram Rajan, former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, has put to rest the rumours online that he has been selected to take over the job of Bank of England governor from Mark Carney.

      London-based newspaper Financial Times sparked frenzied speculation in India when it reported on April 22, that attracting Rajan could be a coup for the Bank of England. (Click here to read FT's story)

      BOOM reached out to Rajan who is currently teaching at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

      "I am very happy with my current job and have not searched for, nor been offered, any other," Raghuram Rajan told BOOM.

      BOOM also reached out to Bank of England's Press Office, which said it did not have any comment. However, the central bank's press office said, "The next Governor of the Bank of England will be a HM Treasury announcement and subsequently will come from them."

      It is important to note that Financial Times' story headlined 'Starting gun prepped in race to replace Mark Carney at Bank of England' was merely a list of potential candidates for the job. The article listed pros and cons of several potential candidates. The story also said that UK's Treasury was expected to publish an advertisement for the job in July, a year ahead of the end of Mark Carney’s term and that a formal process had not yet started.

      Screenshot of Financial Times' article

      That did not stop the fake news brigade in India to jump to conclude Rajan had already bagged the prestigious job. Several WhatsApp messages have been circulating over the past week already declaring his appointment.

      Hyderabad-based The Siasat Daily fell for the fake and published the misinformation on its site on May 5. The article, which is now deleted, even used the same photo that was used in the viral forward. Click here to view an archived version of the story.

      Siasat's story cited FT's article but arrived at the wrong conclusion. "The Financial Times stated, “Attracting Raghuram Rajan, the highly-respected Chicago-based economist and former RBI governor, would be a coup”. Ironically Raghuram Rajan was not recognised in his own country. As RBI governor, Rajan’s policies and views drew ire from senior members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Since he’d held on to his US green card, he wasn’t deemed “mentally fully Indian”. - The Siasat Daily

      In the past, BOOM has called out Siasat for publishing a fake survey that ranked the BJP as the fourth most corrupt party in the world. (click here to know more)

      Among those who fell for Siasat's story was Congress MP for Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor. When pointed out by Twitter users, Tharoor admitted to being taken in by fake news.

      Remarkable: India's RaghuramRajan has been appointed Governor of the Bank of England! https://t.co/xdIop5Ltuv With an Indian (NasserHusain) having captained the England cricket team already, all that's left to complete a reverse colonization is for an Indian to be Prime Minister.

      — Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) May 5, 2018

      Tharoor's post on Facebook and Twitter were still online at the time of writing this story.

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      Bank of EnglandBank of England Governorfake newsfeaturedgovernorRaghuram RajanRBIShashi TharoorSiasatThe Siasat DailyIndian National Congress (INC)
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