New Delhi, Mar 6: The BJP on Tuesday stepped up attack on the Congress over the controversy
pertaining to diamond merchant Jatin Mehta who fled India during the UPA rule
and said there is no justification in Congress trying to put the blame on the
Modi government as the fugitive Winsome Group chairman never came to India after
2013.
'These toxic assets (NPAs) were produced during
the 10 years of the UPA rule... whatever the banking fraud, all those loans
were taken between September 2010 and February 2013. In other words, if there
was lack of due diligence or there was connivance -- that was entirely during
the period of previous regime,' Union Minister and BJP leader Hardeep Singh
Puri told reporters here.
He said Jatin Mehta came to India and 'made exit' on the same date in July 25, 2013 and had taken citizenship of St Kitts Island.
The minister went on to remark that during the investigation on Bofors, it had also come to light that there was some nexus between the Congress and the 'dirty department in St Kitts'.
'I would like to ask when Mehta renounced Indian citizenship and took citizenship of St Kitts, whose power was in India ? ' he said and maintained that the defaulter business tycoon had surrendered his Indian citizenship in Singapore.
Mr Puri claimed that within months of NDA government coming to power, Mehta's business
dealings and financial transactions were declared 'fraud' in December 2014.
He further said in December 2016, Mehta was declared a 'wilful defaulter' and disclosed that four complaints were filed by the CBI in September 2014, November 2015, June 2016 and November 2016.
'So, the Congress allegation that the Modi government helped Jatin Mehta is totally false as the fact speaks for themselves,' he said, adding that in fact, by May 2016, the Enforcement Directorate had also attached Mehta's properties.
Mr Puri pointed out six more FIRs were registered in April 2017 against Jatin Mehta and his company and asserted that 'contrary to what Congress is trying to say, the moment our government came to power in 2014, actions were initiated against Jatin Mehta and the complaints made in 2017 were all fresh cases.
On Monday, another BJP leader and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that if the probe is pursued further in Jatin Mehta case, the Congress leadership would be embarrassed.
'Baat niklegi toh phir dur talak jaegi (If things start coming out, it will go far off)," Mr Prasad had said.
Media reports say that Gujarat-based diamond merchant and owner of Winsome Diamonds Jatin Mehta owes more than Rs 6,500 crore to a consortium of banks – with the biggest hit being the Punjab National Bank with a loss of more than Rs 1,700 crore.
Mr Puri lashed out the Congress for suggesting that the NDA government has anything to do with the generation of these 'Toxic assets', saying 'this is a blatant lie and this is true to a pattern of 10 years of UPA which was deep in corruption of all forms and are trying to find fault with others.' UNI
He said Jatin Mehta came to India and 'made exit' on the same date in July 25, 2013 and had taken citizenship of St Kitts Island.
The minister went on to remark that during the investigation on Bofors, it had also come to light that there was some nexus between the Congress and the 'dirty department in St Kitts'.
'I would like to ask when Mehta renounced Indian citizenship and took citizenship of St Kitts, whose power was in India ? ' he said and maintained that the defaulter business tycoon had surrendered his Indian citizenship in Singapore.
Mr Puri claimed that within months of NDA government coming to power, Mehta's business
dealings and financial transactions were declared 'fraud' in December 2014.
He further said in December 2016, Mehta was declared a 'wilful defaulter' and disclosed that four complaints were filed by the CBI in September 2014, November 2015, June 2016 and November 2016.
'So, the Congress allegation that the Modi government helped Jatin Mehta is totally false as the fact speaks for themselves,' he said, adding that in fact, by May 2016, the Enforcement Directorate had also attached Mehta's properties.
Mr Puri pointed out six more FIRs were registered in April 2017 against Jatin Mehta and his company and asserted that 'contrary to what Congress is trying to say, the moment our government came to power in 2014, actions were initiated against Jatin Mehta and the complaints made in 2017 were all fresh cases.
On Monday, another BJP leader and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that if the probe is pursued further in Jatin Mehta case, the Congress leadership would be embarrassed.
'Baat niklegi toh phir dur talak jaegi (If things start coming out, it will go far off)," Mr Prasad had said.
Media reports say that Gujarat-based diamond merchant and owner of Winsome Diamonds Jatin Mehta owes more than Rs 6,500 crore to a consortium of banks – with the biggest hit being the Punjab National Bank with a loss of more than Rs 1,700 crore.
Mr Puri lashed out the Congress for suggesting that the NDA government has anything to do with the generation of these 'Toxic assets', saying 'this is a blatant lie and this is true to a pattern of 10 years of UPA which was deep in corruption of all forms and are trying to find fault with others.' UNI
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