The Congress on Wednesday hit back at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman saying instead of twisting facts she should come up with simple answers on the issue of wilful defaulters.
Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala took to Twitter to fire four queries at the Finance Minister.
"To mislead or misstate facts, while holding the august office of Finance Minister, is most unfair, Nirmala Sitharamanji," Surjewala tweeted as he pointed to an apparent discrepancy in the amount of money reportedly recovered from Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi and Vijay Mallya.
"You tweeted that Rs 2,780.50 crore had been recovered from Modi-Choksi-Mallya. On March 16, 2020, parliament was told that the Enforcement Directorate had recovered only Rs 96.93 crore in five years under PMLA-FEMA!" he stated.
“1. Why has Modi Government written off bank loans worth Rs 6,66,000 crore between 2014/15 and 2019/20?
2. Is RBI's RTI reply dated April 24, 2020, of bank loans write off of Rs 68,607 crore wrong or right?"
3. Why is Modi government writing off bank loans of absconders and fraudsters like Nirav Modi+Mehul Choksi (Rs 8,048 crore), Jatin Mehta (Rs 6,038 crore), Mallya (Rs 1,943 crore) and others as per RBI's RTI reply of April 24, 2020?
4. Who permitted such huge write offs of bank loans and defaulters and why," Surjewala questioned.
