For those who dont know much about him, Dr. Subramanian Swamy has been the pioneer in the anti-corruption fight against the government in the 2G spectrum scam. He has filed the petition in the Supreme Court and it is on his petition that action is being taken and A. Raja has already been arrested. He states that A. Raja was a mere pawn in the scam and at a later date he would also implicate Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Read HERE. (Highly recommended)
DO NOT MISS THESE 2 VIDEOS
Dr. Swamy talks about role of Sonia Gandhi in Antique smuggling nexus
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Dr. Swamy exposes false claims on Rahul Gandhi's education and talks about his Italian citizenship
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Brief History (Achievements and why you should listen to this man)
Dr. Subramanian Swamy was born on 15 September 1939 in Chennai and is presently the President of Janata party.
Dr. Subramanian Swamy studied his masters degree in statistics at the Indian Statistical Institute. He then went to study at Harvard University on a full scholarship. He did his doctoral research with two Nobel Laureates namely Simon Kuznets and Paul A Samuelson. Dr. Swamy has also jointly authored with Professor Samuelson a path breaking study on Index Number Theory. He was awarded a doctorate in Economics by Harvard University (Class of 1965).
In 1964, Swamy joined the faculty of economics at Harvard and from then on he has till date taught at the Department of Economics for a total period of 12 years. From 1969 to 1991, he was a Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He is accounted by some to be an authority on the comparative study of India and China and is also well-versed in the Mandarin Chinese (Hanyu) language.
He was one of the founding members of the Janata Party which formed the 1st ever non-congress govt in the history of Independent India and has been its president since 1990. He was elected Member of Parliament 5 times between 1974 and 1999. He has twice represented the city of Mumbai North East during 1977 and 1980, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu in the Parliament. He is regarded as a proponent of Hindutva.
Dr. Swamy has been subject to several defamation cases. He is known to argue these cases himself without the agency of lawyers and has won all the cases till now.
He can't be ignored because if you look closely he does not actually lose many legal battles. From the Islamic bank case to one concerning gold-plating of the Tirupati temple to the issue of Ram Sethu his activism brings the results he strives for.
Some of the Quotes by Dr. Subramanian Swamy-
"You journalists are ignorant."
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"Only crazy people bring change."
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"Manmohan Singh is like Bhishmacharya who watched Draupadi being disrobed. That was unforgivable. This man is also without a spine."
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