After demonetisation, Mamata now attacks PM Modi over GSPC scam, says he has lost credibility to continue in office
The Trinamool Congress chief also attacked the BJP for buying large swathes of land in Bengal and Bihar before demonetisation came into force.
In Short
- Mamata Banerjee had called demonetisation decision by the government 'draconian'.
- India has suffered a loss of Rs 3 lakh crore and 5 crore people are jobless: Mamata.
- Modi just strong and stout shoulders just like Ravana, Mamata Banerjee said.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today called for the ouster of Prime Minister Modi from power.
Speaking from the state secretariat Nabanna, Mamata said Modi had lost credibility to continue in office after the huge inconvenience people had faced in the last one month due to the demonetisation decision.
Mamata had earlier termed this so-called bold move by the government 'draconian'.
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The Trinamool Congress chief's crusade against demonetisation reached a new high with Mamata trying to corner Modi on an alleged scam, concerning the Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation, while he was the chief minister.
WHAT DOES CAG REPORT IN GSPC SCAM SAY
Referring to a CAG report, she said that a loan worth Rs 15,576 crore was taken for generating 1.3 trillion cubic feet of gas, but eventually nothing happened. She alleged that the current RBI Governor Urjit Patel was the then member of GPSC.
In the same breath, she attacked the BJP for buying large swathes of land in Bengal and Bihar before demonetisation came into force.
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"From where has the 'fakir babu' (Modi) accumulated so much wealth," she asked. Only a few weeks ago, Modi had raked up the Saradha chit fund scam and the alleged role of the Trinamool Congress in the same.
DEMONETISATION CRISIS MAN-MADE
Dubbing the ongoing financial crisis as man-made, she said that the country had suffered a loss of Rs 3 lakh crore and about 5 crore people were out of jobs.
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Mamata also likened Modi to Ravana, when told that Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had said that Modi had strong shoulders to take on the responsibility. "Strong and stout shoulders, fair enough, Just as Ravana had," she quipped.