Chidambaram slams Modi; seeks details of bad loans under NDA
Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks on loans given during the UPA rule, former Finance Minister P Chidambaram today asked the NDA government to reveal the number of loans given by it which turned into non-performing assets (NPA). Chidambaram also questioned why the present dispensation did not recall those loans, given by the previous government, which turned bad. Here's more.
Here is Chidambaram's tweet
Modi blamed the Congress-led UPA government for NPAs
Chidambaram said the question of bad loans was asked in Parliament but there was no answer so far. The Modi government had assumed charge in May 2014. Addressing an event, the Prime Minister Saturday blamed the Congress-led UPA government for NPAs, saying action has been initiated against 12 large defaulters with a debt of nearly Rs. 1.75cr, who were given loans before 2014.
Work has been on to recover around Rs. 1-lakh-crore: Modi
Modi said work has been on to recover around Rs. 1-lakh-crore from another 27 large loan accounts. Chidambaram said even if it was assumed that the Prime Minister was right when he said that loans given under the UPA have turned bad, how many of those loans were renewed or rolled over (that is 'evergreened') under the present NDA government.
