Legalised Loot, Organised Plunder: Congress On National Monetisation Pipeline

The government is giving away assets worth crores made from the hard work of the people to its billionaire "friends", the Congress further alleged.

The Congress on Tuesday described the government's infrastructure monetisation plan as "legalised loot and organised plunder", alleging that invaluable public assets created over decades are 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 further alleged. "First came the demonetisation disaster, which Dr Manmohan Singh rightly described 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.