Citing Indonesia's example, Arvind Kejriwal said, “If Indonesia can do it; choose Ganesh Ji, so can we... I will write to the centre tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to appeal for it.”


Indonesia has a 20,000 rupiah note on which Lord Ganesha is inscribed

In an appeal that could draw sharp reactions from the BJP and other parties, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider including the images of Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesh on currency notes in India to "improve the economic situation of the country".

Citing Indonesia's example which inscribed Lord Ganesha on the 20,000 rupiah note, Kejriwal said at a press briefing, "If Indonesia can do it; choose Ganesh Ji, so can we... I will write to the centre tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to appeal for it... we need the almighty's blessings apart from the efforts to settle the economic condition of the country."

"As I said we have to make a lot of effort to improve the economic situation of our country. But also with that, we need blessings from Gods and Goddesses. The whole country will get blessings if, on currency notes, there is a photo of Ganesh Ji and Lakshmi ji on one side and Gandhi ji on the other side," Kejriwal said.

“Indonesia is a Muslim country. There are 85 per cent Muslims and only 2 per cent Hindus but there is a picture of Shri Ganesh ji on the currency,” the Delhi CM added.

Indonesia has a 20,000 rupiah note on which Lord Ganesha is inscribed. It is the only country to have Lord Ganesha on a currency note. Along with the Lord Ganesha image, there is a picture of Ki Hajar Dewantara in the front. The backside of the note has a picture of a classroom with children studying.

Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim country and its third-largest democracy.

The Indonesian government has officially recognised six religions: Islam, Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism. Only a meagre 1.7 per cent of the population are Hindus. Yet, the country shares a beautiful history with Hinduism, including several historical sites, which show the long association of Indonesians with the Hindu religion.

Parts of Indonesia were once under the rule of the Chola dynasty when a slew of temples was constructed there. Lord Ganesha's status as the god of wisdom, art and science could be one of the reasons he was featured on the currency note.

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Jadi di India sekarang  Kepala Menteri Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, menyerukan pada 26 Oktober 2022 kepada PM Modi untuk memakai Ganesha di Rupee seperti yang dilakukan Indonesia karena Indonesia saja negara mayoritas muslim bisa pakai gambar Ganesha kenapa India nggak
Alasannya demi memulihan ekonomi India.
Mungkin dia tahu soal krisis monoter Indonesia di 1998  dan emisi September 1998 dikeluarkan uang rupiah baru termasuk gambar Ki Hadjar Dewantara dengan gambar Ganesha yang mungkin dipikirnya faktor yang memperbaiki ekonomi Indonesia
Padahal duit IMF yang ditahan terus baru masuk di kuartal akhir 1998 sehingga kurs rupiah mulai membaik

duit 20rb emisi 1998


Kejriwal appeals to Centre: Include photos of Lakshmi, Ganesh on currency notes to bring India’s economy back on track


Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (PTI)
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday appealed to the Union government and the Prime Minister to print images of Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesh on new currency notes for the country’s “economic prosperity”, inviting a barrage of criticism from rival parties, with the BJP calling it an attempt by the AAP to “hide its anti-Hindu face”.

Kejriwal’s remarks, which also drew criticism from the Congress and other Opposition parties such as the RJD, comes at a time the AAP is making a concerted push to emerge as a viable alternative in poll-bound Gujarat by projecting its administrative credentials and religiosity.

“Our economy is not improving. We need to make multi-pronged efforts to develop our country. We need to build schools, hospitals, strengthen our power and roads infrastructure among others. But our efforts will bear fruit only when we have the blessings of God upon us,” Kejriwal told a press conference.

Claiming that the idea occurred to him while performing Lakshmi puja during Diwali, he said, “I appeal to the Centre and the Prime Minister to retain the image of Mahatma Gandhi on our currency notes while printing the images of Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesh on them as well.”

Responding to a question on the possibility of the minority communities opposing the proposal, Kejriwal pointed out that Indonesia, which is a Muslim-majority nation, prints currency notes with the picture of Lord Ganesh.


“If Indonesia can do this, why not us? No one should have any objection. This is about prosperity for all and the country’s affluence. Goddess Lakshmi symbolises prosperity and wealth,” he said, adding that he is not perturbed by allegations that the AAP was practising a brand of Hindutva politics.

“Let allegations be levelled. But I have spoken to many people and everyone feels this is a good idea and should be implemented,” he said.

The BJP was quick to respond, raking up the controversy over the presence of senior AAP leader Rajendra Pal Gautam, who was made to resign from the Delhi Cabinet, in a mass conversion ceremony of Dalits to Buddhism invoking the 22 vows of Babasaheb Ambedkar.

“Those who were threatening to put you in jail for celebrating Diwali, speaking against the Ram temple and insulting the Swastika, Kashmiri Hindus are today singing songs of Ram-Ram and Lakshmi-Ganesh. This is the culmination of their U-turn politics,” BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said.

BJP’s Northeast Delhi MP Manoj Tiwari said if Kejriwal wants to walk the talk, then Gautam and AAP’s Gujarat unit chief Gopal Italia should be expelled from the party for allegedly insulting Hindu deities.

“Kejriwal is now trying to save his face in view of the elections,” Tiwari said.

The BJP response, the AAP said, was essentially a “diversionary tactic” from the “real issue”.

“Ever since Arvind Kejriwal held his press conference, the entire BJP machinery has been opposing his appeal.The BJP, instead of diverting from the topic, should simply answer whether it is in favour of the appeal made by Kejriwal or against it,” AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said.

Both the BJP and Congress, however, admitted in private that tackling Kejriwal’s demand was tricky.

“With such tactics, the AAP wants to prove that it is none of what the BJP had accused it of – a non-right, Left-liberal, anti-Hindu or urban Naxalite. He is trying to pitch himself and his AAP right against the BJP and its leadership,” a senior BJP leader said.

Sources in the Congress said Kejriwal’s demand is a “clever political move” which can “neither be welcomed nor opposed”. The party officially did not react.

When contacted, CWC member and party spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said, “No doubt Goddess Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, is not an inapposite on currency notes, but the problem I find is that once we start tinkering with age-old established norms, then you will have an endless queue of claimants seeking representation on diverse currency notes.”

RJD Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Jha said such “frivolous statements” can trigger panic among the poor who remember the “trauma and devastation of demonetisation”.

“It is our misfortune that newer regional parties such as AAP which mis-sold alternative politics are proving to be glib talkers making half-witted proposals. Mr. Kejriwal is reserving his place in the history of Indian politics among the gallery of worst demagogues,” Jha said.
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Pernyataan resmi Kepala Menteri Delhi soal Ruppe dan Rupiah serta polemik akibatnya

Yang pernyataan Kepala Menteri Delhi soal Rupiah gambar Ganesha dengan keterangan bahasa Inggris

Bisa jadi jika isu ini mengemuka di Inonesia, Pak Jokowi mengasih lihat Rp 20.000 Emisi 1998 ke PM Modi memamerkan gambar Ganesha di Rupiah dan cerita gak ada yang ribut soal gambar Ganesha di rupiah sampai sekarang