Govt. giving away assets worth crores to billionaire friends, says Congress on National Monetisation Pipeline

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the NMP on August 23 that looked at unlocking value in infrastructure assets by involving private companies across sectors.

The Congress on August 24 described the government’s infrastructure monetisation plan as “legalised loot and organised plunder”, alleging that invaluable public assets created over decades were being handed over to a chosen few. The government is giving away assets worth crores, made from the hard work of the people, to its billionaire “friends”, the Congress alleged. “First came the demonetisation disaster, which as ‘organised loot and legalised plunder’. Now comes monetisation mela — invaluable public assets created over decades given away to a chosen few. This is legalised loot and organised plunder,” senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said.