Congress On Paytm Payments Bank: Congress has raised serious questions on the functioning of the Enforcement Directorate on Monday (February 5) regarding the restrictions imposed by the Reserve Bank of India on fintech firm Paytm.
RBI has given orders to ban any kind of deposit in Paytm Payments Bank after February 29, after which the Congress Party is continuously attacking the Central Government.
According to news agency ANI, Congress leader Supriya Shrinet alleged that the founder of Paytm Payments Bank, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Are devotees of. He takes selfies with him and an advertisement of Prime Minister Modi is also released on behalf of the Paytm founder.
‘RBI’s apprehensions are very serious’
Supriya Srinet said what is the stand of the Central Government on this entire matter. This has been going on for the last 7 years. Be it KYC, compliance and PAN card report, RBI had expressed apprehensions on all these, which are very serious. After all, why did Paytm Payments Bank get such a long relaxation for so many years despite the apprehensions of RBI?
‘Paytm is advocated in election rallies’
Supriya Shrinet also alleged that PM Modi himself advocates Paytm in his election rallies. He raised questions on the impartiality of central government agencies and asked why the agencies remain silent when allegations are made against PM Modi’s associates? Why is ED silent?
‘Agencies become lax when their associate’s name comes up’
The Congress leader said that when RBI has expressed apprehension regarding money laundering, then why are the government agencies especially sitting idle. He alleged that when any associate of PM Modi gets involved in such matters, the agencies become lax.
Such comments from the Congress leader came after Paytm’s statement in which it had denied that neither the parent company One97 Communications nor its founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma is facing the ED investigation.
The company had made regulatory filing in this matter
The company said in a regulatory filing that it had cooperated with authorities when questioned about users or traders on the platform in the past. He further said that we would like to set the record straight and deny any involvement in anti-money laundering activities.
Paytm says that neither the company nor its founder and CEO are being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate for money laundering or other matters.
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