Transparency's our forte, Mallya & Nirav are UPA legacy: IT Minister Prasad

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Asserting that the provision of a transparent government was the top achievement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, Union IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad listed the BJP-led administration's initiatives on the completion of 48 months at the Centre. 

Addressing the media in Hyderabad, Prasad maintained that the recent bank fraud cases and the bribery charges being framed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) were legacy problems left behind by the previous UPA government.

"All these instances reflect the dismal record of the UPA government. Whether it is Vijay Mallya or Nirav Modi and even the Air Asia