The Congress on Wednesday demanded an independent time-bound probe into allegations of irregularities by non-banking finance company DHFL in the name of slum development and rehabilitation in Maharashtra.
Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi asked why the RBI, SEBI and the Finance Ministry are not initiating investigation into the alleged "scam" involving "siphoning of Rs 31,000 crore".
She also alleged that the government continues to "pressurise" the RBI to lend more money to non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) by absolving transparency and accountability. She also claimed that donation records of BJP do not share the PAN details of such companies as mandated by the Election Commission.
"The Congress demands an independent investigation of the charges that have been revealed through this expose and an explanation to the country as to how such a huge financial scam has been once again ignored by the Ministry of Finance," she told reporters, referring to the 'sting' by a website.
While there was no immediate comment available from the BJP, the Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL) in a statement has said, "This mischievous misadventure by Cobrapost appears to have been done with a mala fide intent to cause damage to the goodwill and reputation of DHFL and resulting in erosion in shareholder value."
"Why is it that the donation records of the BJP do not share the PAN details of these companies as mandated by the Election Commission of India
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