BJP leader Subramanian Swamy alleged that Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das was involved in corruption.

In an interactive session at the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, Swamy said that The new governor of (RBI) is highly corrupt. I got him removed from the (Finance Ministry). I am calling Shaktikanta Das as a corrupt person. He further added that I am surprised that the man I got removed from the Finance Ministry for corruption was brought in as governor.

Swamy also said that Das was removed from the Finance Ministry because he tried to interfere in my corruption case against (senior Congress leader) Chidambaram. He is Chidambaram's 'chela' (disciple). When he was in Chennai, he was involved in a lot of corruption.

when Swamy asked  who he thinks should head the RBI, he named  professor R Vaidyanathan. He Replied, "Professor R Vaidyanathan, former professor of finance (IIM-B), would have been much better. He is also (an) old Sangh man. He is our man.

 Recently, Shaktikanta Das, who spearheaded the post-demonetisation normalisation of the economy, was oppointed as the new RBI governor on December 11, a day after resignation of  Urjit Patel from the post.