Kolkata, Aug 24 (TIWN) A day after Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the Centre's policy of asset monetisation to monetise Rs 6 lakh crore worth of state-owned assets over the next four years, the Trinamool Congress strongly criticised the Centre alleging that the Modi government is robbing the livelihood of the people of the country.

Speaking at a press conference, Trinamool Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Sukhendu Sekhar Roy said, “The government didn’t discuss it in Parliament. The decision was taken unilaterally without even consulting the opposition. Previously the Centre had promised to lease for a short period of time but now we find that it is being leased out for a period of 25 to 30 years.” 

“Though the Centre is saying that they are not selling it off but things are arranged in such a way that it is akin to selling only. This will allow the government resources to go into private hands. This is a government of the corporate, for the corporate and by the corporate. This is not a government for the people but the Narendra Modi government is only implementing those things that the corporates are telling him to do. The government has become bankrupt,” he added.