Monetisation will rob quota, assets will go to a few: Kharge

‘Intellectuals’ silence on selling spree will harm the nation’

Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge sees the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) of the Modi government robbing off the hard-earned reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes with the Congress-created assets landing in the hands of a few individuals. Mr. Kharge said that the intellectuals’ silence on this ‘selling spree’ would harm the nation not just financially but also socially. “This is a danger that is camouflaged in the name of monetisation policy,” he said in Hyderabad. He was addressing the media on Friday as part of the Congress’ nationwide campaign against monetisation. He said that the mixed economy concept of the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru created 89 PSUs that changed the very course of development in modern India with assets created and the economy growing and strengthening people financially. “But, the Modi government just wants to blindly sell these precious assets instead of creating more,” he said.