WEB DESK
A Time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing onslaught from Congress over multi billion Rafale deal, a parliamentary panel has triggered more political trouble for him.
The Estimates Committee of Parliament headed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran Murli Manohar Joshi has asked the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to depose and provide details on what action the government initiated on a list of large corporate houses, which had amassed a large amount of non-performing assets (NPAs).
The list was submitted to the PMO by ex-Reserve Bank of India (RBI) chief Raghuram Rajan during his tenure.
This is not the only salvo fired at the government by Joshi.
The Joshi-led committee has also sent notices to the coal and power ministries asking for explanations on mounting NPAs in the sectors. Rajan in his note had flagged the two sectors for their contributions to the NPAs. The coal ministry is headed by high-profile minister Piyush Goyal and he was also the power minister before RK Singh was given the charge.