more-in The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) has demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in view of serious issues raised by former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan in his note to the Parliament Estimates Committee. VCK president Thol. Thirumavalavan told presspersons here on Wednesday that the non-performing assets (NPAs) of the public sector banks had touched ?12 lakh crore. The Centre had not taken any action against the defaulters but those taking education and farm loans had been facing serious hardship, he said. Mr. Thirumavalavan said the Narendra Modi-led BJP Government had been supporting fraudsters and corporates and there was no reason why the Prime Minister’s Office could not take action on the note submitted by Mr. Rajan to Parliament Estimates Committee headed by Murli Manohar Joshi. The report submitted to the committee was indicative of the failure of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in nabbing high-profile defaulters such as Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi and Vijay Mallya he said. Clemency petition Referring to the release of the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, the VCK leader said the convicts had spent 25 years in jail. The Supreme Court had ruled that Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit had the powers to pardon them and release them under Article 161 of the Constitution. Mr. Thirumavalavan demanded the Puducherry Government to follow Tamil Nadu and consider the premature release of life convicts who had completed 10 years in jail. VCK general secretary D. Ravikumar was present.

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