- India,
- 22-Jul-2023 01:39 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a scathing attack on the opposition today. He accused the previous Congress-led government of doing the 'phone banking scam'. Also said that it benefited some people, but it broke the back of the country's banking sector. At the same time, the loan disbursed from the banks never came back, which became fatal for the economy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was speaking on the occasion of employment fair today. On this occasion, he distributed job appointment letters to 70,000 people. All these people will work in different government departments and organizations.India's banking sector is now strongAddressing the people through video conferencing, PM Modi said that today India is one of those countries in the world whose banking sector is the strongest. This was not the case 9 years back. Our banking sector suffered huge losses in the previous government. Today our banking sector is capable of providing digital transaction facilities to the country's 140 crore population. Things were completely different 9 years ago.'Phone banking scam' happened in the Congress governmentHowever, on this occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not refrain from attacking the opposition, especially the previous Congress-led UPA government. He said that in the previous government, phone banking was not for the country's 140 crore people. Rather, its benefits were given only to those people, who were close to 'one family' (Gandhi family). These people used to call the banks and they were given loans worth thousands of crores from the banks. These loans were never returned, this 'phone banking scam' was one of the biggest scams during the previous government.Where is the PM's reference to the phone banking scam?With the 'phone banking scam', PM Narendra Modi's reference is towards disbursing loans worth thousands of crores to many corporate houses during the UPA government and then turning them into NPAs.