PNB fraud began under UPA, says BJP; Cong asks PM to break 'vow of silence'

Surjewala said that not just the PNB, the fraud covers 16 other banks

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday alleged that the Punjab National Bank (PNB) bank fraud, involving jewellers Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, had its origins in 2013, during the Congress-led UPA regime.

The Congress released more documents to accuse the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), and union ministries and central probe agencies, of inaction when the fraud had been brought to their notice by whistle-blowers in 2015. It said Bengaluru resident Hari Prasad SV, who had written to the PMO in July 2016 about the fraud, wasn’t the first whistle-blower in the case.

Union cabinet minister for Human Resource Development