Rahul’s remarks false, no dues  of any industralist waived: Jaitley

Rahul’s remarks false, no dues of any industralist waived: Jaitley

New Delhi, June 6: Union Finance Minister and BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Wednesday accused Congress President Rahul Gandhi of making “completely false” remarks at a rally in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh and said the Modi government has not waived a single rupee due from any industrialist. In an article, “How much does he know” on the party’s website, Jaitley asked if Gandhi was being inadequately briefed or he was being a little too liberal with his facts. “Every time I listen to the views of Rahul Gandhi, both inside and outside Parliament, I ask myself the same question — How much does he know? When will he know? Listening to his speech delivered in Madhya Pradesh today reaffirms my curiosity about the answer,” Jaitley said. “The government has not waived of a single rupee due from any industrialist. Those who owed money to the banks and other creditors have been declared insolvent and removed from their companies by IBC (Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code) enacted by Prime Minister Modi’s government. These loans were given largely during the UPA government,” Jaitley said. The Minister termed as “factually false” Gandhi’s allegation that loans were not available to farmers but only industrialists. “This was during the UPA government, particularly UPA-II, when bulk of amount constituting the NPAs (non-performing assets) today were given by the banking system. From 2014, we have been systematically taking one step after the other to recover these monies back,” he said.

Jaitley also termed as “factually false” Gandhi’s allegation that Modi had given Rs 35,000 crore to two diamond jewellers who have now escaped out of country. “This banking fraud started in the year 2011 when the UPA II was in power. It was only detected during the NDA period,” he said.

Referring to Gandhi’s remarks about connecting farms and villages to the cities, Jaitley said the Congress leader’s impression was “of the Digvijay Singh era in Madhya Pradesh”. “Madhya Pradesh had the worst set of roads in India when the Congress was voted out in 2003. Poor quality of roads was one key reason for ousting the Congress.” (IANS)

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