Narendra Modi wants to use people’s money to bail out IL&FS group, alleges Rahul Gandhi
The Congress president said in 2007 Modi put the company in charge of a Rs 70,000-crore infrastructure project that has not been completed yet.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the liquidity crisis in infrastructure lending giant Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services group, which has recently defaulted on a few loan repayments.
According to reports, the situation is so grim that it is being compared to the 2008 Lehman Brothers crisis that triggered a global financial meltdown.
“Modi ji your favourite company IL&FS is about to go bankrupt, so why do you want to use the money of the Life Insurance Corporation to save it?” Gandhi asked on Twitter. “LIC is a symbol of faith and stability. People save every rupee to buy LIC policies. Why do you [want to] save such frauds with their money? “Hope it is not that for you, ILFS means ‘I Love Financial Scams’.”
The Congress leader tweeted earlier in the day that in 2007 Modi, who was then the chief minister of Gujarat, handed over an infrastructure project to the company that has not been completed yet.
मोदीजी, आपकी चहेती निजी कम्पनी ILFS डूबने वाली है। आप LIC का पैसा लगाकर उसे बचाना चाहते हो।क्यों?
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) September 30, 2018
LIC देश के भरोसे का चिन्ह है। एक-एक रुपया जोड़कर लोग LIC की पॉलिसी लेते हैं। उनके पैसे से जालसाजों को क्यों बचाते हो?
कहीं आपके लिए ILFS का मतलब ‘I Love Financial Scams' तो नहीं?
लाइटस, कैमरा, स्कैम
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) September 30, 2018
सीन 1: 2007, CM मोदी IL&FS कंपनी को 70,000 करोड़ का प्रोजेक्ट GIFT CITY देते हैं। आजतक कुछ काम नहीं। जालसाजियाँ आईं सामने।
सीन 2: 2018, PM मोदी LIC-SBI में लगे जनता के पैसे से 91000 करोड़ की कर्जदार IL&FS को बेलआउट दे रहे हैं।
“चौकीदार की दाढ़ी में तिनका”
Meanwhile, the shareholders of IL&FS have approved plans to raise money through debt and equity, Mint reported on Sunday. Shareholders allowed the firm to raise Rs 15,000 crore through a non-convertible debt issue, increase the firm’s borrowing limit by 40% to Rs 35,000 crore, and increase its share capital.
The Life Insurance Corporation, the biggest state insurer, is one of the shareholders of IL&FS. Its chairperson VK Sharma on Friday said the firm can raise Rs 60,000 crore by selling assets. The following day, IL&FS appointed global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal to devise a restructuring plan.