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Congress misleading the nation on loan write-offs: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

'Congress and Rahul Gandhi should introspect why they fail to play a constructive role in cleaning up the system,' she said

Finance minister, FM, Nirmala Sitharaman
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The RBI said that Indian banks have written off Rs 68,607 crore of debt of top 50 willful defaulters till September 30, 2019

Arup Roychoudhury New Delhi
Stung by the Opposition’s attack on the Reserve Bank of India admitting that banks had written off Rs 68,607 crore of debt of top 50 willful defaulters till September 30, 2019, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the Modi government was cleaning up the financial system, going after wilful defaulters, and accused the Congress of ‘sensationalising’ and being ‘brazen’ in misleading people on the subject.
 
“Congress and Rahul Gandhi should introspect why they fail to play a constructive role in cleaning up the system. Neither while in power, nor while in the opposition has the Congress shown any commitment or

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