- Mayuresh Ganapatye
- February 17, 2018
Sanjay Raut (Photo: Twitter/@rautsanjay61)
In an exclusive interview with India Today, Shiv Sena MP in Rajya Sabha, Sanjay Raut slammed the Modi government for Nirav Modi and the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam.
Raut questioned immigration work of central agencies like Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
"How can Nirav Modi leave country and all these agencies were not even aware of it? What were other intelligence agencies doing?" asked Raut.
Raut feels that there are different set of rules for common people and different for fraudulent businessmen like Nirav Modi.
"Our accounts have been linked with Aadhaar so that government can monitor them. But what about these fraud people? What about their Aadhaar cards? How could these banks give such a huge loan?" he asked.
After Lalit Modi and Vijay Mallya, this is another massive fraud case which came to light. Where after, committing the fraud a culprit has fled the country. "If this took place under the Congress government, we would see a lot of uproar in country.
But it's our government, PM Modi's government. Modi gave mantra of 'na khaunga na khanedunga', but if this is the case then how are we going to face people in next elections?" said Raut.
Further explaining how this government discriminates between common man and fraud businessmen like Nirav Modi, Sanjay Raut said, "Couple of days ago, one farmer from Marathwada received a letter from bank for missing his EMI of Rs 2,000, but when this govt says that Rs 11,000 crore fraud is within control means this amount in crore is smaller than Rs 2000."
Raut also criticized the political nexus between such fraud businessmen and politicians. Raut said "There are hundreds of Nirav Modi who raise funds for political parties. We must investigate this thoroughly. With the help of such fraud businessmen people come and win the elections and enter politics. If we (Shiv Sena) had such Nirav Modis, we would have also won many elections. But Sena doesn't need such people."
Raut feels that "It is very easy to be a fraud in our country, go out and then from there, negotiate with our government to repay or return the very small amount. It's a clear case of corruption. Same thing Mallya did and now Nirav is doing.
"If we don't pay GST, VAT then we are not 'Desh Bhakt' but people like Nirav Modi are acclaimed citizens of this country who are roaming scot free after looting our own country." added Raut.