Breach of privilege notice against SBI chief Arundhati Bhattacharya
The senior Congress leader said he has described Bhattacharyas comments as ‘insulting to farmers, elected representatives and the House' in the notice.
Mumbai, Mar 17 (PTI) The Congress on Friday submitted a breach of privilege notice against State Bank of India chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya for 'insulting farmers and the House' through her remarks on loan waiver.
Leader of opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil said he has submitted the notice to Speaker Haribhau Bagde as 'Bhattacharya did not apologise for her remarks despite the Congress demand'.
The senior Congress leader said he has described Bhattacharyas comments as 'insulting to farmers, elected representatives and the House' in the notice. The Opposition Congress and NCP have been demanding a complete loan waiver for farmers by raising the issue in the legislature.
The
SBI
chief
had
recently
said
that
farm
loan
waivers
upset
credit
discipline.
"We
feel
that
in
case
of
a
(farm)
loan
waiver,
there
is
always
a
fall
in
credit
discipline
because
the
people
who
get
the
waiver
have
expectations
of
future
waivers
as
well.
Such
future
loans
often
remain
unpaid," Bhattacharya
had
said
on
sidelines
of
an
event
in
Mumbai
on
Wednesday.
Vikhe
Patil
said,
"Bhattacharya
is
not
a
policy-maker
and
she
cannot
take
a
decision
regarding
loan
waivers
to
farmers.
She
had
no
right
to
make
such
comments."
He
alleged
that
the
SBI
chiefs
remarks
were
"violation
of
the
rights
of
the
legislature
which
make
laws."
Meanwhile,
the
notice
by
the
Congress
did
not
come
up
in
the
House
due
to
repeated
disruptions
over
the
demand
for
the
loan
waiver.
The
state
Assembly
witnessed
four
adjournments
amid
uproar,
before
it
was
adjourned
for
the
day.
PTI