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We demand a CBI probe into the matter,” Pandey said.In Pilibhit, Congress party workers took out a procession protesting against bank scams. Bareilly/Pilibhit: On Tuesday, scores of Congress workers gathered at the collectorate here in Bareilly and gave a memorandum to the district magistrate that was addressed to the President. “These leaders have no shame in repudiating the charges of collusion with fraudsters after a few big scams are unveiled,” he said.“The Prime Minister urged people from poor and weaker sections to open bank accounts and keeping their small savings with banks. They protested against the Rs 11,000 crore fraud at Punjab National Bank and held the Union government responsible for it.Congress district unit president Ram Dev Pandey alleged that ever since the BJP came to power at the Centre, several “fraudulent” billionaires had fled the country duping the public of thousands of crores of rupees.“Instead of taking action against these scamsters, the Centre is giving them safe passage and trying to divert the nation’s attention to other irrelevant issues. These savings were swallowed up by fraudsters from the corporate sector under the shield of the BJP-led Union government,” said Surendra Gupta, state secretary of Congress.The party leaders demanded from the President urgent “microscopic review” of non-performing assets (NPAs) of all commercial banks to detect the total quantum of big loans which were sought by the corporate sector but which were never repaid.The demonstration was attended by more than 200 office bearers and workers of Congress committee from across the district..